Word: courteousness
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...above the terminus of the No. 64 bus, a line infamous for pickpockets. Each morning he sets off on foot at a brisk pace, crossing over cobblestones to arrive at 9 a.m. at the palazzo that once bore the title of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. Soft-spoken and courteous, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 66, looks too benign to be an inquisitor. But his Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Roman Inquisition's latest incarnation, and as the Catholic Church's chief enforcer of dogma, the Cardinal stands in direct succession to the persecutors of Galileo...
...caught the thief outside Yenching Restaurant and gave me back my wallet. I realized half-way through the arrest that "the police" were not Cambridge Police, as I had expected for a theft in the Square, but the familiar HUD officers. The police response was quick, efficient, and courteous to both me and the thief--in short, everything I had always expected, and experienced, from...
Soika was happy to help Abouhalima stay in Munich. In return, she got a provider who was tall, courteous and confident. It wasn't love exactly, but Mahmud's traditional values appealed to Soika. He prayed five times a day and avoided alcohol. He brought her flowers on her birthday. And he insisted that she quit her job and devote her time to cooking and caring for the home. "He was always polite and friendly," recalls Soika. "He was never violent, never aggressive...
...only people watching the vultures are other vultures, and flapping around with these courteous scavengers is the only way to know what's going...
...what Clinton proposes before sticking their own necks out on behalf of energy taxes. "We've been asked by the leadership to hold back and not launch any grand ideas until the President gets his chance," says Gibbons. "So we'll all cooperate and wait." That strategy is both courteous and expedient: by letting Clinton take the lead, Congress ensures that the new Administration will catch most of the heat...