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Word: courteousely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rolling gait of the camel I dreamed his face: neck muscles, taut; eyes, direct, alert. But when we approached the camp he stood tallow beside the iron of his father, his beard combed so, his eyes on the servant, never on me. I was not prepared for the courteous awkwardness of his hands on my robe, his lips like a slug. He loved me with the cowed need of an abused child...

Author: By Jacquelyn M. Crews, | Title: Summer School Announcements | 8/15/1978 | See Source »

...Bonn. The Chancellor and his wife Hannelore rode with the President, Rosalynn and Amy in an armored U.S. limousine to the modest residence of U.S. Ambassador Walter Stoessel, where the Carters spent four nights. Schmidt assumed the role of gracious national host, and Carter proved a properly courteous guest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Bending over Backward | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...tired of seeing and hearing the U.S. Postal Service [May 22] picked on. They are doing an excellent job. The people are courteous and friendly, and I'm constantly amazed at the speed of service. An occasional foul-up is really insignificant considering the billions of pieces of small, fragile paper handled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 26, 1978 | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...reads like a cross between a driver's manual and a guide for revolutionary Boy Scouts. Among other things, it contains admonitions to drive carefully, be courteous to neighbors and, of course, be prepared. Entitled Security Rules and Work Methods, the loose-leaf document of 20 typewritten pages was among the most valuable finds uncovered late last month by police who raided a Red Brigades apartment hideout at Via Gradoli 96 in Rome (TIME, May 1). As a survival handbook for Italy's underground terrorists, the document provides a fascinating glimpse into how the Red Brigades seek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: How to Be a Terrorist | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...France and West Germany would aid South Africa in suppressing any revolution by the black majority. In a classic bit of Greenery, Castle and Sarah play suburban dinner hosts to their former hunter, Cornelius Muller, a high South African security official and liaison for Uncle Remus. Muller is a courteous, unflappable professional who leads Castle to recall the warning of an old South African friend: "Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel, our worst enemies are the intelligent and the corrupt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Separate Disloyalty | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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