Word: gracefulness
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...lead Irwin Hentschel back to their home, a makeshift tent next to an abandoned house. "It's Calcutta," Irwin Hentschel says, looking in. "On the one hand, I want to say, 'Pull yourself together.' And on the other side of it, you think, 'There but for the grace...
...commend TIME for its choice of George W. Bush [PERSON OF THE YEAR, Dec. 25-Jan. 1]. The media tended to be biased toward Bush during the whole campaign and its aftermath, but through it all, Bush showed how much grace, class and strength he possesses. I agree that he deserves such an honor. AMY VEACH White Lake, Mich...
...home first - a lithe, energetic brunette with a white streak running through the front of her manelike hair, clad in a series of outlandish, eye-catching outfits. Her songs were the next aspect to register - an assortment of well-crafted pop tunes with clearly salacious overtones. The coup de grace was the interview segment, in which the sexpot singer talked quietly and sweetly about her career, her fans and her then controversial image. The show's apparently minimal budget, erratic choreography and abysmal sound quality made the experience all the more charming. Thalía's one number in English...
...been chopping garlic with the blunt side of a knife my whole life and a dinner guest walked into the kitchen and pointed out the blade. Now, instead of the glorified walking I'd been doing, I could move to the blaring music with a smidgen of grace. Trust me, you haven't really heard the Backstreet Boys until you've slithered to their rhythm with your knees crooked anew...
...descriptions often achieve epigrammatic power. Here is Felsen visiting bombed-out Berlin near the end of the war: "Everybody was living underground. The city had been turned upside-down--a honeycomb below, a catacomb above." A Small Death in Lisbon is so carefully textured and so packed with grace notes that its dramatic conclusion seems as much interruption as resolution...