Word: gracious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would say that 'one of the better Arkansas poets' falls short of a gracious endorsement," she said...
CATANZARO, Italy: When 7-year-old American Nicholas Green was murdered two years ago by highway bandits as he slept in the back seat of his parents' rented car, his family reacted in a stunningly gracious manner. In a move which won them Italy's highest civil honor, the Greens donated their son's heart, liver, kidneys and pancreas for transplant, saving seven lives and securing their place in the affections of this organ donor-poor country. But the ultimate compensation -- justice -- eludes them still. A court has acquitted the two men charged in the shooting death, agreeing with...
...just absolutely dumbfounded," he said. "Doug was my friend and late afternoon drinking partner for years. He was such a gracious man. This is tough to accept...
...course, would never have dreamed of pulling the plate away before you'd had enough. But the stock market is rarely so gracious. That's worth noting as the Dow Jones industrial average flirts with a record 6000. What the market serves up one day it can steal back the next, and we are long overdue for an encounter with this sometime crook's larcenous side. Some thought a meeting was in store last summer. But after a brief lull, this unprecedented bull market was off and charging again. It's now been six years since the broader market gauge...
Speaking of Wolf's 20-plus years of political experience, Reeves says: "I think she will do all that is humanly possible to represent every voice in the district. I don't think she will be anything other than gracious...