Word: courteousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...handsome man who looked and acted far younger than his 57 years. He won their admiration at once by the thoroughness and courage with which he tackled Hopkins' troubles. On the human side, however, they found him harder to know, wondered for a time what was behind his courteous, smiling but aloof manner. They have now decided that it is chiefly an intense absorption in his job. After eight months, most of the strangeness between Baltimore and President Bowman has worn off, and his sincerity and honesty are universally conceded. But a remark still frequently heard around city...
...Times' aviation editor befriended obscure young Aviator Lindbergh before his flight to Paris in 1927. Throughout the week Reporter Lyman stoutly refused to reveal the source of his scoop. But Colonel Lindbergh's hatred of certain sensational newspapers, and his corresponding affection for the courteous Times, have long been well-known. Therefore Newshawk Lyman's statements could reasonably be accepted as authentic, possibly firsthand...
...propounded a series of decisions to the grave disadvantage of NRA and TVA. Last week his successor was appointed: David J. Davis, great & good friend and onetime law partner of Alabama's Senator Hugo La Fayette Black. Said the Birmingham bar when he was proposed for the job: "Courteous . . . considerate . . . efficient." As a faithful follower of New Dealer Black, Judge Davis was counted on to propound few decisions embarrassing to the New Deal...
...never drive more than 30 m. p. h. myself but I like to know I am maintaining that speed and that everything is in order. Can you tell me why your admirably courteous motor police are under instructions never to oblige a motorist by pacing him? I have met with refusals in the States of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, although I merely asked to be paced at 30 m. p. h. The officers were polite and did not seem to know themselves the reason for their instructions. With all this talk of safety, I should think every assistance...
...high but very courteous good humor, he bore the recriminations which were hurled at him and his treaty. For although the treaty does not go into force until Jan. 1, although its terms were kept secret for 48 hours (to allow for their transmission and simultaneous release in Ottawa) the howls of aggrieved lobbyists had already begun a serenade in Washington. Whether there had been some leak or whether they knew that tariff cuts were due them, the industries affected began to squeal. Lumbermen protested that they were being "sold down the river," dairymen that it would be a crime...