Word: graciously
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...Crowe kidnap story. (When it comes to tabloids, I read only the headlines. So help me: just whom was Crowe accused of kidnaping?) The famous bad boy from Down Under did his usual Oscar act, glowering and chewing gum. But as the Best Actor winner, he gave a gracious, charming and articulate thank...
...told a truly harrowing tale of Afghan refugees in Herat and those pouring across the border into already impoverished Pakistan. It is indeed gracious of TIME to give information for making donations for the Afghan drought victims at the end of the article. But would someone with a conscience please ask Uncle Sam to stop the onslaught of reprisals against just one man, Osama bin Laden? RIAZ JAFRI Rawalpindi, Pakistan...
...First the boomerang-toss reward challenge, for which Jerri won (there's a sexual metaphor in there somewhere) a free meal and a great opportunity to attempt gracious victory by clapping both hands to her face and yelling "Oh my God!" several times. (Alicia didn't buy it - is it me, or did she actually get kind of likable this week?) And as Jerri and Amber dined on seafood and iced tea and snarked about Tina and her own clumsy emotional fakery, the remaining seven seemed perfectly happy to hunker around the fire with another starch buffet...
...there is an illusion of grand proportions at work. Any delegate expecting a vacation at Ivy Council conferences is sadly mistaken, and notions of unchecked spending on conferences are deeply flawed. Without disparaging our gracious, most recent hosts at Yale, a more apt description of Ivy Council conferences would be assembling students from eight schools on a shoestring budget...
Only after 1 hour and 40 minutes of grueling play did Abraham squash Patterson's upset bid, but indicative of the sportsmanship that prevailed throughout the tournament, Patterson was gracious in defeat...