Word: graciously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think the only gracious thing is to go over and say hello. You know, I've never...
...Crimson swimming team entertains the Columbia tankmen at 2 p.m. in the IAB today, and even though coach Bill Brooks is doing his utmost to be a gracious host, the Lions are certain to have an unpleasant stay...
...concierges. They ostentatiously polished brass and industriously sewed rips in the hall carpeting. A tenant's "Bon jour" met with a joyous response instead of surly silence. The concierges suddenly delighted in performing small favors, and mail was distributed in a matter of minutes, not hours. This gracious rebirth of courtesy is an annual event caused by étrennes, the New Year's tips from tenants which ordinarily make up the better part of a concierge's income...
...Goodness Gracious. The impact of the press is mostly psychological-and Wooden is an old hand at amateur psychology. A onetime high school English teacher and a church deacon whose strongest expletive is "goodness gracious sakes alive," he plasters his office wall with poems, epigrams and posters of his own devising. "It is what you know after you know it all that counts," says one sign. Says another: "Success comes from self-satisfaction in knowing you gave all to be the best you are capable of." Success, too, is something Johnny Wooden knows about: after 16 years at U.C.L.A...
...Gracious and unpretentious under his formidably brusque exterior, Kirby lives on 64 acres in Morristown, N.J., owns three other homes around the U.S. and a fishing lodge on the Gaspe Peninsula. His art collection is one of the coun try's best, includes Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Reynolds and Gilbert Stuart. But Kirby's greatest interest is in watching over his huge fortune, a job he has done so well that it has more than quintupled since he received his legacy from his wealthy father...