Word: courteousely
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...liquor was returned to him. Said he: "I have never sold wine in the United States, nor have I collaborated with anyone doing so. ... I want particularly to emphasize that I am leaving only with the knowledge and acquiescence of the Authorities who have been most courteous and considerate. Moreover I have many loyal friends in the United States and I should not want them to be under any misapprehension." Possibly as M. de Polignac walked into his cabin, No. 203, he glanced at the card on the door of cabin 205. There, written in a steward's slanting...
...also, to see that in all the letters disagreeing with me--agreements and disagreements are running about 50-50, which shows that I opened up a real problem and not a mere space filler--only one of the letters to date has been abusive. The rest have been beautifully courteous and reasonable...
Passengers who returned to the U. S. last week on the S. S. Belgenland treasured, among souvenirs of a world cruise, copies of a leaflet handed to each of them by courteous white-gloved Tokyo policemen...
Doff your hat and bow respectfully to every woman?lady or peasant?who appears to be approaching motherhood. The theory of such courteous obseisance to Life is similar to that which prompts gentlemen to uncover when Death passes in a hearse...
...Post, always serious on social matters, declared venomously: "A bull-headed Vice President goaded by an ambitious woman can stir up all kinds of a mess. . . . Mrs. Gann is not set in the seats of the mighty by decree of her own country but by the amused complaisance of courteous foreigners. Will this memory spoil the fun of the Vice Presidentess as she looks down from the head of one of those jolly-diplomatic dinners, past six frozen-faced ambassadresses, to where her unrated husband hides at the foot of the board? . . . We devoutly hope...