Word: gracious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...become what Byron called "the revel of the Earth, the masque of Italy." But the Venetian eye was as "true as a jeweler's lens," and it lusted for lasting beauty. Venice had few friends when she ruled the seas but, as Mary McCarthy's grave and gracious tribute reaffirms, time was one of them...
...this small town the good works of the Rockefeller bounty is felt. Unaware, perhaps, farmers in this area are beginning to use hybrid corn seed made possible by research and development grants from the Rockefeller Foundation. We are grateful to you for such an excellent portrayal of a gracious and dedicated gentleman...
Although the Radcliffe dorms are very different from the Houses in most respects, they have tended to be "typed" in a somewhat similar fashion. Radcliffe girls, for example, may think of one dorm as embodying "gracious living," and others as populated by socialites, or by girls bent on little gold bands, or on little gold keys, as the case...
After getting a delicate briefing on discretion in necklines, Cinemarvel Marilyn (Bus Stop) Monroe undulated into London's Empire Theater and was presented to Princess Margaret and another gracious lady just her own age (30). It was the annual Royal Command film performance, and Queen Elizabeth II, mindful that Marilyn's country manor is near...
...Dutch royal family were miles apart last week. Queen Juliana, struggling to maintain a gracious smile after entertaining Liberia's visiting President Tubman in The Hague, took off for a vacation in Sicily with a few of her ladies-in-waiting. Her husband, globetrotting Prince Bernhard, after elephant hunting in Tanganyika, arrived in the U.S. for a visit to Washington, New Orleans and New York...