Word: graciously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What was most remarkable about the party changes was the gracious and peaceable manner in which they were carried out. There were no outright purges, no summary arrests, no instances of personal humiliation, as in Mao's time. The old-timers went quietly, praised for their work and assured that most of them would become "advisers," with the same pay and perks as before, including access to housing, cars and political documents. According to some reports, they may also have received promises that their sons or daughters would receive future party appointments. Moreover, even as veteran military leaders stepped down...
...guide. What apparently beguiled the usually conservative inspectors and editors of the guide, as it does the 100 or so daily customers at lunch and dinner, is, of course, the exquisite food that generally combines savory and authoritative flavors with lightness and delicacy. Also considered are the remarkab- ly gracious and concerned service and the flossy pink valentine of a dining room...
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, who has endured more criticism than any other Cabinet member, seems utterly unbowed. Gentle and gracious, he pads around his huge Pentagon office complex, believing that the U.S. is just a couple of years and a few billion dollars away from a defense structure that will equal the Soviets' and create an environment in which diplomats can work for peace free of worry about arms imbalances. His task: to stave off the forces that now would dramatically cut defense spending...
...able to take one rug, no furniture and no books or scores that predated 1946; family heirlooms had to be left behind. Forsaken too was the hard-won respect that the Soviets gave grudgingly to Jewish artists. "Jews are considered a lower echelon," notes Davidovich, a gentle, gracious woman whose expressive face and eyes faithfully mirror her emotions. "I received my title of Deserving Artist five years after friends who had won no competitions. In my career, everything, like playing in the West and teaching, happened with delays...
...producers that GMA is more relaxed and that people like that," says McGrady. Neither she nor Hartman plans any major tinkering with GMA's format. "We're not looking at Today's ratings and saying, 'Oh, good,' " Hartman admits. "But it doesn't worry me in the sense of 'Gracious, we have to hit the panic button. We've fallen apart.' We haven...