Word: graciousness
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...instruments of the orchestra--and is even a catchy enough piece in its own right. But the narration, rarely leaving the level of "And now, here's the Big Bass Drum," was clearly written for children and is a pointless text for this audience. Even Professor John Finley's gracious reading couldn't help but bog down the action and make us feel that it was getting past our bedtime...
...midafternoon, Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy sounded the final chord of a recital at New York's 92nd Street Y.M. & Y.W.H.A. Holding up his watch and resolutely waving off all requests for encores, he declared, "You have been most gracious, but I must go to hear Vladimir Horowitz...
Wounded Wolves. Israeli fears about the future were magnified by the fact that Arafat was anything but gracious over the Rabat decision (see interview page 31). "Victory is close at hand," he told the summit session. "This enemy, this military gang [meaning Israel] is a pack of wounded wolves. They are preparing for a fifth war, and we must get ready for it." Syrians whom Washington constantly suspects of trying to sabotage the Kissinger peace negotiations echoed Arafat's warlike words. They indicated that Damascus would probably approve another six-month tour for United Nations troops that separate Syrians...
Dukakis cracked a rare smile as he proceeded to thank his supporters and later his opponent for a "gracious concession speech...
Private Trial. After Yalta, Roosevelt failed rapidly. His one solace in early 1945 was the willowy and gracious Lucy Rutherfurd, then 52, whom he had loved since World War I, when she was social secretary to his wife Eleanor. In 1918, Eleanor had found a packet of scented love letters to her husband from Lucy. Screaming shrilly, according to Bishop, Eleanor confronted F.D.R. in his bedroom while their son Elliott, then seven years old, cowered near by. "Please, Babs, please," Roosevelt begged. "The dinner guests are downstairs...