Word: gracious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Adams House has been repeatedly characterized as the last green glow in the rapidly petrifying forest of gracious living. And those who so characterize it refer to some of these points...
...mystery after the first chapters, but it is notable for an unusual hero and some fascinating details about the unpleasant profession of burking.* B. G. Brooks is a mild-mannered little investigator for a trade association of cemetery owners. He always carries an umbrella, lets off steam by exclaiming "Gracious, me!" and "Oh, dear!" but is a dangerous man for villains to tangle with...
...resolution, Lee said that in her participation in the games Tenley "exhibited true qualities of American girl-hood by exemplary and gracious conduct in competitive sports..." and that her sportsmanship has served to further the cause of world peace...
...often rowdy business "Mr. Mack," as his players called him, remained a gentleman. Rumor had it that his harshest expletive was a mild "Goodness gracious!" In fact, he could spit out an angry "Damn!" when occasion demanded, and he could stand up verbally to the toughest man on his team. Somehow, his excited love for baseball never suffocated under the tall, stiff collars he wore long after they went out of style...
After the gracious observation that "politics has given me the best ten years of my life," Nixon might have been wise to sit down. But, feeling the tension of his position and not wishing to seem unappreciative of the gesture that the gathering represented, he kept on talking, finally trailing off in a series of isn't-it-wonderful platitudes that left his audience both embarrassed and bored. The fact was that, however good the intentions of the guests may have been, it was almost impossible to make it a happy birthday for Dick Nixon...