Word: graciousness
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...with editorial condemnation. Even Lima's independent El Comercio risked the regime's wrath by siding with Beltrán. But the government has obviously been gunning for him; it has already hounded one of his editors into exile and ordered Beltrán's gracious, 300-year-old Lima town house razed in the name of urban renewal...
...Queen Mary, but her maiden voyage to New York was delayed by the outbreak of World War II. The Elizabeth performed heroically as a troopship, carrying as many as 15,000 jampacked G.I.s on a single voyage. After the war, the elegantly refurbished liner became the last word in gracious living afloat, traveling 896 times between Southampton and New York. Capable of carrying 2,300 passengers and a crew of 1,296, the 1,031-ft. ship was so vast that British Actress Bea Lillie once quipped: ''Say, what time does this place get to England...
Queen Elizabeth II surprised Parliament last May by sending a "gracious message" to Westminster asking for a raise in her allowance. In an age when most of her subjects take an annual wage increase for granted, the Queen was struggling to run the royal household on a budget of $1,187,500 that had not been increased since she succeeded to the throne in 1952. During that time, wages in Britain had increased 126% and prices by 74%; last year, expenditures for the royal household exceeded the allowance by $675,000. which Her Majesty had to make up from other...
...Golden Egg," you say that the gifts to the Governors [Nov. 22] were "a little tasteless." I beg to differ with you. Twas nothing more than a gracious act on the part of the people of the state of Georgia...
...adopted Georgian, I would like to point out that you are not dealing with cold logicians when you deal with Georgians. A Georgian is truly a gracious person, be he rich or poor, black or white. Thus given the opportunity, such as at the S.G.C., he wants to give a small bit of that of which he is so proud...