Be gracious to fellow players, both in victory and in defeat.

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Besides, after watching him shut out the Devils for the second time in the series, the home fans were in no mood to be gracious at the end of the Eastern Conference finals' third game.

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It had to be one of the most gracious third-person references in the history of sports, and here was one more surprise in a weekend full of them.

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So it was good fortune indeed to be invited to take a brief course in jade identification, given by the gracious Roxanne Tu, Senior Gemologist at Taipei's Museum of Jade Art.

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Tours of the historic campus take in the main building, a gracious former Jesuit monastery, and even casual wanderers on the campus are likely to be plied with samples of student-made culinary creations.

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The future needs to be the next wave of creative collaboration that is more intelligent, inclusive, and gracious.

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Kathleen Barry's history of how gracious stewardesses turned into sexy air hostesses and then into tough, grumpy flight attendants tries hard to be dull, but thankfully does not quite succeed.

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