Word: courteousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...membership was filing out of the room, Mr. Hughes approached Mr. Parris and offered a courteous personal apology. If his remarks had offended Mr. Parris, he was sorry. He had no grudge against Mr. Parris or against George Washington. He had merely been stating what he believed to be the facts...
...that they knew in Brooklyn. They will find, it is true, a superficial resemblance in the clattering street cars and the well-paved streets. But they will find far wider distinctions between the social classes. Among the "foreigners," with whom they will associate they will find a ready, kindly, courteous welcome, a welcome tempered nevertheless at first by a quiet scrutiny, for the foreign colony of the city, perforce thrown into rather close communion, always wonders how affably the newcomer will mix. In the colony lines of nationality blur; personality is more important...
...brought Harvard before the readers of the Saturday Evening Post in an article entitled "Bean Porridge Cold" which appears in the current issue. When we first learned of it, the thought came to us that we would be delighted to cross swords once more with so able and so courteous an antagonist. But after we read the article. We saw that the duel was off, for "The Old Dog" is now on our side...
...summer of '23 I approached the news counter at the Mother Chautauqua on Lake Chautauqua. "What are you wishing this morning?" said the courteous clerk. "I am wishing for what you cannot supply. I am wishing for a current News Sheet which will give me the news, briefly, concisely and tersely, without confusing comments. But, speaking in the language of the man who stood looking at a giraffe: 'Thur ain't no sich animal.' " "Pardon me," said the efficient young clerk, "but there is?here it is," and he handed me TIME. I returned to the cottage veranda and although...
...basis of this speech, the M.P.'s who remained in the House voted 239 to 4 to accept the main outlines of the League Council's settlement. Next day Mr. Baldwin exchanged a few courteous generalities with Ferid Bey, Turkish Ambassador at London, and critics opined that the chances for peace in Irak were brighter...