Word: smilingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Agca laughed briefly a few times, but the smile would then quickly fade from his face. In the first months after the assassination attempt, there had been in Agca's eyes a zealot's burning glare. But now his face wore a confused, uncertain expression, never hostile. The Pope clasped Agca's hands in his own from time to time. At other times he grasped the man's arm, as if in a gesture of support...
...Reagan's mood was sanguine, his bearing confident, as he discussed Soviet-American relations with three visitors from TIME. Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, Managing Editor Ray Cave and White House Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. The President was pleased to concentrate on that subject, he said with a smile, because "there are a great many misperceptions out there about the situation now. As a matter of fact, if you correct the misperceptions, you 'II have an exclusive scoop." Highlights of the interview...
...matter of lawyers marshaling cool arguments for an appeals court. It has been a slam-bang battle waged by friends and lawyers to build public pressure. Says one of his attorneys, George Hairston: "According to an ancient proverb, 'You can get more with a gun and a smile than you can with just a smile.' We've smiled, played by the rules and got nowhere. The media...
Some 3,000 Gulf shareholders gathered at Pittsburgh's new convention center for the showdown vote last week, and many thousands more sent in their ballots by proxy. Before the meeting, Pickens greeted Lee with a handshake and a smile, but when the session started, the talk was tough. In a speech, Lee ridiculed Pickens' royalty-trust plan as "silly." From the floor, Pickens responded that Gulf needed "fresh ideas...
...real life issues couldn't get away with a script comprised heavily of maudlin reminiscences and bittersweet quarreling, plays like Mame and Same Time, Next Year generally manage to leave their audiences feeling tearful and rejuvenated. Something about the unbreakable bond that links old friends seems to draw a smile from even the crustiest cynic...