Word: gracious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They're so gracious," Philipp said. "They always thank the fans. It was pretty emotional when the seniors came...
...once offered Shirley MacLaine a glimpse of his wry wit and burning anger. When he sat next to the famously pro-China actress at a White House state dinner in January 1979, she thanked him for the gracious reception she enjoyed in China in the early '70s. Deng, who had been in exile at that time, replied without a moment's pause, "The people who were your hosts then are in jail...
...smart and determined, gracious and tough, but the real secret was her charm, exquisite taste and laser-like focus--first on men, later on issues--to ensure that she stayed near the center of every important arena. Sometimes disappointed but never intimidated, she understood from late nights at the knee of her father-in-law Churchill how even powerful men could be plagued by doubts. Pamela once praised Clinton for having the "indispensable requirement of leadership," which she defined as the ability "to tell people not what they want to hear but what they need to know." Her own talent...
Last Sunday's New York Times Magazine featured a cover story on Trent Lott, the Republican Senate majority leader from Mississippi, in which Lott is described as "gracious and conservative," though the writer warns that he may have trouble managing his more partisan colleagues. Lott may not have the ideological fire to satisfy the right wing of his party; instead, he is perhaps better characterized as a pragmatist...
However, even if Trent Lott's association with a hate group is proved, his image as a genial, even "gracious" politician will probably not suffer much damage, at least not in the South. The early, Klan membership of Sen. Robert, Byrd (D, W.Va.) has not hurt his career. The Sovereignty Commission agent who is indirectly responsible for the murder of the three civil rights activists in 1964 is now a staff member for Rep. Mike Parker, another Mississippi Republican. Even the two old and grizzled, foes of racial equality, Jesse Helms (R, N.C.) and Strom Thurmond (R, S.C.), continue...