Word: graciousness
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...Rouse was born in the gracious Eastern Shore town of Easton, Md., itself a fine place for the growing of people...
...Tuesday, trying vainly to keep his colleagues in line. But the next morning the Speaker admitted the imminence of defeat, blaming it on "a telephone blitz like this nation has never seen." Afterward, however, the Speaker joined Rostenkowski in phoning the White House. Said the President: "This is most gracious...
...concert in the Kennedy Center a few hours later, the symphony-probably its composer's third-proved to be genuinely Mozartean. A dashing allegro assai with a surprisingly sophisticated development (perhaps Leopold had a hand in here) is followed by an Italianate andante that ambles along amiably, the gracious, formal melody accompanied by a distinctive stutter-step in the violas. The presto finale is a sprightly...
...Ambassador Kirkpatrick did a superb job, which has been characteristic of her performance at the United Nations from the outset." So said Secretary of State Alexander Haig last week about Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. That gracious praise was not exactly spontaneous: Haig was scrambling to patch up the damage done by leaks from his own aides, who had criticized Kirkpatrick's handling of a U.N. resolution condemning Israel for its bombing of Iraq's nuclear reactor. The sniping infuriated not only Kirkpatrick but the White House as well. It deeply embarrassed Haig and provided more...
...partner that "close and friendly Franco-German relations would continue" despite the departure of Schmidt's personal friend, cher Valéry, from the Elysée. Cheysson next boarded an Air France Concorde for Washington, where he charmed President Ronald Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig with his breezy, gracious manner and his impeccable Oxford English...