Word: gracious
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Duchess of Gloucester, first royal family member to accept the thrice-married, U. S.-born Duchess of Windsor as a social equal, was reported to have been "very gracious." British newspapers noted the meeting in a few stilted lines but gossipy U. S. newsorgans speculated that the Duke & Duchess of Windsor would be invited home for the traditional royal Christmas season at Sandringham, that the Duke might soon be given a job abroad such as the Duke of Kent was given, that the pleased Windsors had promised to abandon plans for a U. S. trip until...
...happens that Dr. Juan Negrin, the Premier of the Spanish Republic, is an old friend of mine. Apparently there were persons in the Medical Bureau who thought it would be a gracious gesture to use our friendship as a basis for collecting money to buy much needed food, clothing, and medical supplies for a people in sore distress. The enterprise was started without my knowledge; when it was under way I did nothing to check it, because the purpose was primarily humanitarian. Despite the protest, the enterprise still seems to me to be in accord with the ideals of helpful...
...gracious gesture, perhaps, the University Theatre brought Harold Lloyd to the screen Sunday in the role of a Harvard graduate. "Professor Beware" is another of the bespectacled comedian's carefully planned slapsticks, this time about an egyptologist who notes a curious resemblance between his life and that of a legendary subject of Pharaoh. Adventures with hoboes, police, and Phyllis Welch finally lead Mr. Lloyd to the hilarious riot that habitually climaxes his films. It is amusing throughout and genuinely funny in spots...
...from the University of Illinois, where he taught Political Science for the following two years. He came to Harvard in 1915 as an instructor in Government, is now a professor. In 1927 he succeeded Chester Noyes Greenough as Dean of Harvard College, and continues to maintain a quiet and gracious dignity in University Hall...
...eight floors on East 43rd Street and grosses $500,000 a year. Typical Murray pupil is a businessman over 40 who pays $100 for 20 lessons. With 260 people on his $8,000-a-week payroll, Arthur Murray prefers Southern girls as teachers (he finds them forceful but gracious, extraverts...