Most of all, Clark wanted his fellow-Republicans to "concede gracefully"—with the kind of attitude that he wanted to see return to politics, both local and national.
TV Squad's Adam Finley gave the episode a positive review, commenting that it is "a skewering of parents who become too involved in their children's sports and turn what should be a lesson in teamwork, trying your hardest, and losing gracefully into a kind of Roman Coliseum where grown adults live out violent fantasies and their own failed ambitions through their children".
When pop wisdom is imparted this gracefully, it provides a kind of artistic reassurance: if we're all in the same boat, it can be a lovely place to be.
Several — particularly the "Fantasia e La Sua Compagna" and a set of variations on Claude de Sermisy's "Vignon Vignetta" — combine gracefully symmetrical elaboration and the kind of speedy figuration that gives the best lute music its visceral charge.
As dramatically choppy as it is gracefully staged, this is the kind of musical that invites you to open your eyes and dim your brain.
If you can't think of a related topic when you've exhausted the previous, it's best to gracefully end the conversation (in a kind way, such as "Well, got to go, see you after lunch!").
"I don't dislike Hatch, but I kind of wish he'd go away gracefully and we could all applaud".
Never one to play one specific kind of character or genre, LuPone can gracefully move between a variety of mediums -- comedies, dramas, you name it.
http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=68228 Herewith I am applauding Annie for allowing us -- and especially her contemporaries -- to see an intelligent, kind and generous beauty like herself, age gracefully right in front of our eyes, thus mirroring ourselves.
TechCrunch: Why do you feel that, in tech in particular, that the industry is kind of intolerant of letting older companies die gracefully?
But yes, showing your daughter that the breast of a 40-year-old woman is horrible and shameful will definitely give her the kind of self-confidence needed to grow old gracefully and without plastic surgery.
