Word: graciousness
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...noted that Oliver "made people feel they were part of a network that never ended." If your kid needed a photo with the President, Oliver made it happen. He kept in touch with fund raisers by conference call and e-mail and rallied them for the midterm election, writing gracious thank-you notes in his trademark blue felt-tip pen. After Congress doubled the gift limit to $2,000 a pop, Oliver helped institute a higher tier of fund raiser: the Rangers, who each raise $200,000 or more...
...what she has always done in shaping the Martha Stewart television shows, magazine and home products. "It's business as usual," the representative says. Stewart will continue to appear on the TV shows, and the magazine will continue to be animated with scenes from her carefully crafted life of gracious country glamour. At least one expert on branding suggests that this is the opposite of what the company should be doing--steering Martha Stewart the company away from Martha Stewart the person. "Her face time has got to be cut down," says Donny Deutsch, CEO of Deutsch Inc., part...
Hively says she didn’t share this “gracious living mentality” and even bet a friend that she wouldn’t marry before...
...culture of Radcliffe during her years as an undergraduate involved what the deans called “gracious living,” Hively explains...
...with Nelson Mandela in South Africa instead. But it was quite a night. Liam Gallagher of Oasis came by to pick up an award on behalf of the Who's Roger Daltrey, who has helped build eight hospital wards for the U.K.'s Teenage Cancer Trust. (Daltrey made a gracious speech by video from the U.S.) Bono, the Irish rocker who has become a renowned advocate for Africa and debt relief, matched wits with one and all, and so did the German actress Iris Berben, who has spoken out so forcefully against anti-Semitism, and the Swedish pop stars Hanna...