Word: graciousness
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...disagreeable custom to which one is too easily led by the harshness of the discussions, to assume evil intentions. It is necessary to be gracious as to intentions: one should believe them good, and apparently they are; but we do not have to be gracious at all to inconsistent logic or to absurd reasoning. Bad logicians have committed more involuntary crimes than bad men have done intentionally. Pierre S. duPont...
Much of the appeal of gourmet foods lies in the gracious ambience of the shops. The typical store is still small, family operated and full of friendly aromas and advice. For this reason, shop owners do not fear competition from Sears and supermarkets that are also starting to stock epicurean items. Says Dutch-born Dirk Ten-Bosch, who owns Maison Gourmet in Atlanta: "People come here because they like to be featherbedded. I mean pampered...
...Love Canal) to help dispose of some 1.2 million cu. yds. of chemical waste, drums and contaminated soil on its 880 acres of property on the edge of Montague. The cleanup may be too late to satisfy many residents in the community, a small town (pop. 2,396) of gracious, shaded houses along the shores of White Lake. State water officials estimate that some 20 billion gal. of ground water have been laced with deadly chemical wastes in an underground flow of contamination that is half a mile wide and more than a mile long. Moreover, each heavy rainfall propels...
Udall was still the party peacemaker on the morning after delivering the convention's keynote speech. Rosalynn Carter was gracious but tenacious over coffee, as she defended her husband's record...
Elizabeth, ninth child of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, lived an unfettered life until she married Prince Albert, second son of King George V. In her public duties, she was unfailingly gracious, with one conspicuous exception: while her brother-in-law, King Edward VIII reigned, she cold-shouldered Wallis Simpson. Her friends say that she could not accept their rejection of duty...