Word: graciously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flip. From there he lost conviction, succumbing to his chronic habit of sagging in the final minutes. Wylie, by contrast, resisted his tendency to choke in major competitions and finally delivered a performance that enabled the judges to reward his brilliant artistry. A relative old man at 27, the gracious Harvard graduate capped his amateur career with the evening's only standing ovation...
...Gracious, Supportive...
...They've been gracious; they've beensupportive," she said...
...bureau chief. Terry, as his friends called him, went to Italy a year ago after five years editing in our Nation section and nine months as deputy managing editor of the New York Daily News. Terry was a natural journalist, always curious and professional, devoted to his family, a gracious and cheerful presence in the Time & Life Building in New York City and on the Via Sardegna in Rome. We will miss him immensely...
...boxed sets are a blessing. FORTY YEARS: THE ARTISTRY OF TONY BENNETT (Columbia/Legacy) is a four-disc retrospective of one of the world's best song stylists. Not an act of autohagiography, like the current Barbra Streisand set, this 87-tune panorama showcases a singer who is as gracious with a melody as he is generous with his collaborators. Sinatra may supply more drama, Cole may have been cooler, but no one can get to the quick of a lyric with the easy emotion of Bennett. The selections range from the pop- heavy The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1950) through...