Word: courteousely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finally our ice cream has not been cheapened by inferior substitutes because of inflation. We still offer pleasant, efficient and courteous service when dispensing our various 31-derful flavors. Sam Citron Harvard Sq. Baskin-Robbins
...Bobby Riggs at the seniors' tournament in this city last winter, and found him chivalrous, courteous, and very charming. He was not a bad tennis player either...
...years, Dean concentrated on civil rights legislation and on criminal law reforms. In 1967 he became associate director of a now defunct panel (the National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws), which was set up to advise Congress and the President. There he struck one colleague as courteous, pleasant to work with but somewhat facile. Recalled the colleague: "He gave the appearance of having more poise and assurance than he really possessed...
...issued to the President." Upon closer examination, Chief Justice Marshall's opinion is not quite so clear. While he did subpoena President Thomas Jefferson to produce a letter he had received, for use by Aaron Burr in his treason trial, Marshall's language was elaborately conciliatory and courteous. As for Jefferson, he asserted that the court had no right to compel information, but he did voluntarily supply an edited version of the letter...
Whitlam took it in stride. Asked at a press conference how he would rate Sir Alec's response on a scale of "bored to pusillanimous," Whitlam replied: "I wouldn't use either of those words. He was courteous and helpful." Whitlam's only truly tart words in London, in fact, were directed at the French, who insist that their tests are not nearly as dangerous as the Australians fear. "If there is nothing wrong with the tests," he said, "then why don't the French save some money and hold them in Corsica...