Word: graciously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Clemenceau, a few short weeks before Death came to him (TIME, Dec. 2), wrote the Earl's most adequate epitaph, recalled that at the Peace Conference "Mr. Arthur Balfour [was] the most cultured, the most gracious, the most courteous of adamantine...
Moffat Johnston, as the Count de Bardas, a villain who was nefarious with all Victorian thoroughness, played, his part well. He was an admirable snake in the grass with a most gracious smile for his puppets and a devastating frown for his enemies. In the midst of prodigious excitement and complication he seemed to keep a very clear head and came within an ace of being the victor. The comedy element in the guise of Sieur de Beringhen, Gordon Hart, was effective in spite of the fact that his elongated person did not particularly suggest a gourmand. Ernest Rowan...
...that Buckingham Palace is deadly dull, as dull as it was gay under . Edward VII. Point One: the Queen bade to tea only the wives of such members of the Delegation and Diplomatic Corps as had themselves been received by George V at levee. Point Two: the Queen, while graciousness itself to everyone, did not precisely enthuse Mrs. Henry Lewis Stimson (two of whose ancestors were May-flowerites) by chatting longest with another U. S. guest. Point Three: after the ladies had had their tea Queen Mary said a few last gracious words, then surprised her guests by walking straight...
...also inhabit the ether) how to go up higher. Survivalist Lodge has made inquiries of some souls about their habitat, their habits. He reports: "Above all, family affection continues strong; the desire to help friends and relatives is perhaps the most prominent feature. [They] are evidently happy, amid gracious surroundings, surrounded by beauty like that of terrestrial landscapes, and under conditions which do not feel strange or unnatural...
Impeccable and dignified, some Harvard undergraduates have spent many serious hours across the Charles, pleasantly conscious of the proprieties, enjoying the liquid narcotic of polite conversation. Many have sacrificed their entire college education to this absorbing pursuit. Yet in spite of gracious hours spent under Back Bay auspices, this exposure of the debutante business might well be considered pertinent in University circles. It seems rather sad that such vast organization should be required before the shrinking bud can be successfully plucked. It seems almost tragic that the personal element should be lost in the giant network of the matrimonial market...