Word: graciously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...makeup of the delegation set off a round of speculation. There was comment that the President could and should have made a gracious gesture by naming former President Dwight Eisenhower as one of the U.S. representatives; instead, Ike flew as a private citizen to pay his last respects to his old wartime comrade...
...Statler Hilton, Johnson introduced Humphrey as "the greatest Vice President 1 have ever known," and Hubert replied: "I had a feeling that after that gracious introduction, what you are really saying is that you are going to do the dancing and let me dj the speaking." Lady Bird got in a word too: "Thank you-this is a day for joy for the Johnsons and the Humphreys." And Muriel: "Imagine following three of the greatest speakers in the whole United States! Have a good time tonight. It's a great day, and great days are ahead...
...four gracious Georgian mansions on Manhattan's Park Avenue between 68th and 69th streets were occupied by governments and such, but that was all right with the little old lady who lived around the corner on 68th Street. She didn't even mind in 1960 when Nikita Khrushchev visited the corner house, which was the Soviet U.N. mission, and played a noisy balcony scene. But when workmen started to raze the former mission and its neighbor in favor of a banal apartment tower, she minded very much and, identified by the sellers only as a "person of immense...
...found Dr. King gracious, warm, humble, and above all sincere. I did not sense this "slickness" nor this "air of good living almost of opulence" you refer to, nor does Dr. King's "smooth polish" remind me of a "movie star" or of a "foreign car salesman...
...more little Evansville wins, the harder McCutchan has to hunt for Goliaths to beat. So he is doing his bit to be gracious. Leading Louisiana State by 30 points, he benched Forward Humes, who had scored 45 points, needed two more to tie a school record. The final score was only 93-73, but L.S.U. Coach Jay McCreary was not fooled. "Evansville," he sighed, "is head and shoulders above anyone we've played this year...