Word: graciously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because Bush is, in many respects, the perfect gentleman -- a quality for which he has often been teased -- he has been the perfect U.S. President for this phase of East-West relations. He is a good sport, a gracious winner, skillful at assuring Gorbachev that he won't be sorry for what he has done, which is nothing less than presiding over the capitulation of the Soviet Union in the cold...
...France still enjoys copious advantages. Its standard of living is among the best in the world, and the quality of life, as many a visitor will attest, remains as invigorating as it is gracious. Modern arts and sciences flourish in a landscape adorned with Gothic cathedrals, tree- lined avenues and grand siecle chateaus. Philosophy is still as much in fashion as fashion is the ultimate philosophy. Together with modern farms, a medieval patchwork of agriculture still yields its plenty to cordon bleu tables in a country better prepared for the 21st century than most -- a land crisscrossed by bullet trains...
...remember him as an intellectual person and an exceedingly gracious person," says Professor of Law Lloyd L. Weinreb. "He was then what he is now. There really is a continuity...
...very, very surprised," said Paz from New York City, where he was visiting a major mounting of Mexican art at the Metropolitan Museum. Less so was another Latin American writer often mentioned as a future Nobel laureate. A gracious Mario Vargas Llosa described Paz as "one of the greatest poets that the Spanish-language world has produced and, at the same time, a great humanist...
...First Lady enjoys a good joke, but she might blush at the contents of a cartoon catalog that opens with her words of introduction. When some of the world's top satirical artists celebrated the first censorship-free International Cartoon Festival in Budapest, they were welcomed by a gracious greeting that Barbara Bush composed for the festival's catalog. "Art and humor are essential in a free society," wrote the President's wife. "It is wonderful to see Americans joining with the new democracies of our world to help educate people with the perspective satiric art can give...