Word: courteousness
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Elaine Showalter, chair of Princeton's English department, said, "He's intellectually elegant, enormously courteous and has a tremendous analytical sense...
...vast majority of the students and faculty attending the reception and dinner were courteous, respectful and tremendously enthusiastic about the Secretary's visit and the evening. As members of the Harvard Community, when we invite guests to our Houses, we are inviting those guests to our home. A guest of our home should be treated with courtesy and politeness. Although we embrace the principles of free speech and student protest, we disagree with the approach taken by these students. We have sent letters of apology to the dinner guests and kitchen staff of Dunster House, informing them that the Harvard...
...105th Justice of the Supreme Court, he has been assured a place in history. Well into the next century, future court nominees are certain to pore over videotapes of his Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, searching for inspiration on how to win easy confirmation. Souter's low-key, courteous performance was so skillful that the final 90-to-9 vote for his confirmation on the Senate floor last week sparked little emotional debate. Kate Michelman, director of the National Abortion Rights Action League, simply called the Senate vote a "dangerous leap of faith...
...there is to all this another dimension. For in speaking a foreign language, we tend to lose years, as well as other kinds of time, to become gentler, more innocent, more courteous versions of ourselves. We find ourselves reduced to basic adjectives, like "happy" and "sad," and erring on the side of including our "monsieurs," and we are obliged to grow resourceful and imaginative in conveying our most complex needs and feelings in the few terms we remember (like a child rebuilding Chartres out of Lego blocks). Think of how English sounds as spoken by Marcello Mastroianni: romantic, suggestive, helplessly...
Metcalfe frequently contrasts the selfless and courteous nature of Megs to the chauvinistic and abusive nature of Dave. He does not forget to also compare and contrast Dave and Megs. Meg helps Martha with dishes; Dave strews his empty beer cans around the house...