Word: gracefulness
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...grace notes, however, begin to sound softly in her life. Her parole officer is notably sympathetic to her. Her nieces are chipper and accepting of her - and they occasionally ask her the direct questions about her past that the adults prefer not to bring up. The speechless grandfather establishes a benign connection, mainly through the love of reading he shares with Juliette. A man even appears - patient, unglamorous and someone who, like Claudel himself, has worked in prisons and understands the devastation that long-term incarceration can cause. Most important, there...
...happened upon was a group of jump-ropers and roller figure skaters. Unaware that there was even such a thing as figure roller skating, we watched in awe as the two skaters twirled and weaved effortlessly through small orange cones spaced about one foot apart. While their agility and grace was something to be admired, we all quickly decided the sport...
...discovered that Flemings, despite his apparent disingenuousness, had been hiding something. He, too, spoke the second language of the Harvard student. “I take issue with the state Court’s decision in Sweatt v. Painter,” he said with a surprising oratorical grace that seemed to arise from nowhere. “From an objective standpoint, parity between educational institutions was not manifested in either situation presented in the readings.” He was well versed in the basic words and phrases of this language of Veritas, painstakingly pronouncing his desire...
...swells throughout the first movement, with exuberant fanfares and quiet textures.The second movement, a waltz in an unexpected 5/4 time, was performed with light playfulness. The form of the movement is a simple scherzo and trio, one part more lively and one more sedate, and both were played with grace and beautiful phrasing. There was particularly good communication between the wind chorale theme and the pizzicato accompaniment of the strings, which gave a sense of dance to the entire movement. The third movement, a joyous “Nutcracker”-esque march, is the emotional highlight of the symphony...
...assassination attempt, which had a profound effect on budget policy at that time, because Reagan was foundering a little bit during the early phase of his presidency ... He'd come out of an election--he had won an election that was closer than the score indicated ... but his grace literally under fire in that event, joking to the doctors as he was going under, and his recovery, I think, is a very good illustration of how, in an extreme set of circumstances, one's temperament can have an influence on politics...