Word: courteousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Darnielle's performances, like his music, are bitter yet endearing--songs range from unsettling weirdness to striking beauty. For an hour and a half at the Middle East Upstairs Concert Hall, the Mountain Goats put forth much of both, simultaneously soothing and unsettling a rather overeager but courteous audience. Pleasing a crowd that could have convinced unbelievers with a glimpse into the life of a Mountain Goat...
...nobody in the Democratic Part was talking about it--or at least none of the Democrats with whom I work. I figured this was natural. Scandals within one's own party or about the candidate one supports are often considered off-grounds as topics of conversation; partisans are usually courteous with regard to fellow partisans' problems. Keeping this in mind, I thought it might be interesting to look into what College Democrats and campaign co-workers really feel about the fundraising tactics of our President...
...services as they stand, while not perfect, are much improved from last year. The shuttles generally arrive on time, and the Evening Shuttle Van Service phone operators are courteous. This year's revamped and redesigned shuttle schedule offers "express service" from Johnston Gate to Currier House in the 4 to 7 p.m. "rush hour," and the addition of a colossal new bus last year and another one in the next few months are helping to stem overcrowding. In addition, the shuttles now run on weekend mornings, a needed change...
Sister Doris Gormley is director of corporate social responsibility for the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. This spring, after receiving a proxy statement from a large Silicon Valley corporation called Cypress Semiconductor, she sent back a courteous, three-paragraph form letter explaining her order's belief that corporations should include qualified women and minorities on their boards. In return, she received a six-page lecture from Cypress CEO T.J. Rodgers, who said, among other things, that views such as hers were "immoral." So much for my assumption that every little American boy is raised to be particularly polite...
...student Jane Labous. "But basically he exonerated himself." Which is also what Richard Nixon did in 1978 when he made his first university appearance after his resignation at the Oxford Union. Like Simpson, Nixon said his conscience was clear. And like Simpson, the disgraced President hoped a kind and courteous reception in England would begin to turn the tide of public opinion at home. For Nixon, it worked. In Simpson's case, the jury may be out for a very long time...