Word: courteousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dancing the tango at Vina del Mar's Casino, H. R. H. belied advance press notices from London that he can tango. According to Chilean experts, what H. R. H. did was something between a tango and a waltz. "This made his steps," wrote one courteous Chilean, "quite the most unusual and newest on the floor." ¶ Entertaining a delegation of more than 100 Cuban business leaders, Britain's "Empire Salesman" used the American technique, served a typically hard "salesman's cocktail." ¶ Yachting on Lake Llanquihue, Chile, whence they proceeded to Lake Fria, Argentina...
...Department of Justice and the Treasury Department were also courteous to Medicine during the 20 months the Wickersham Commission performed its research. Federal agents were cognizant of a familiar practice of certain doctors in every city. Many a doctor uses few or none of his liquor prescriptions for patients actually or nominally ill. But many a doctor has signed in blank the balance of his prescriptions, giving a fictitious patient's name. Many a doctor has vended such legalized prescriptions to druggists or bootleggers at from $1 to $1.50 per blank. On the authority of such falsified prescriptions tipplers...
Coolidge or anyone else has the prerogative of expressing his own opinion. However, I believe the Farm Board is doing helpful work." Not so courteous, however, was Chairman Legge toward other critics...
From Columbus the piece journeyed to Cleveland, to Pittsburgh, to Washington where it again swung into the Western circuit under playdoctors' orders. Meanwhile it was receiving either awed accolades because Actress Barrymore was in it, or courteous, unimpressed reviews. It was clear that it was not yet fit for the big time and Actress Barrymore repeatedly refused to have her picture taken in blackface. This was probably due to the fact that she was fussing with her makeup, making it lighter and lighter, going from minstrel-show black to high brown. Also, the dialog was being freed from much...
...Press. By the same token that "You're dead when they stop writing about you," you are unborn until they begin writing about you. So rule No. 5 declares: Get a Press! This is accomplished in several ways. The alter ego must see to it that editors get courteous, efficient service when they exhibit curiosity. Friends of editors may be asked to bring the editors to call, dine, have a drink. Writer friends should be encouraged to undertake character sketches. Greatest of all press handlers for the Messrs. Hoover and Smith were two New York women-Mrs. William Brown...