Word: courteousness
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...dripping faux pity after one exchange) that could turn off as many voters as it attracts. Sarkozy might have come on stronger if he weren't up against a woman - and if he didn't already have a menacing image for many French voters. Surely that figured in his courteous response to a moderator's question of how each candidate saw his or her rival. "I respect her talent..., I respect what she did to get to where she is, and I bear no personal animosity toward her," said a smiling Sarkozy. Ségolène Royal offered...
...doing a really good job,” said freshman Ari Caranamica, who regularly exercises at Hemenway. “Now they’re doing announcements, telling people when it’s time to let others on the cardio machines, and people are being really courteous, getting off the machines...
...Friday night. Though we profess mastery in most areas of life, we were not immune to distressingly poor decision making when we formed our blocking groups. Peter blocked with two sycophant pussies, a kid with the mind of a seven-year old, a Jew, and a bi-courteous guy. Just to keep sane, Peter spends 60 hours per week in “Second Life” doing Linden Dollar arbitrage. DA blocked with five black guys, and you can imagine how that turned out. Now he won’t even go to the dining hall without using half...
...incidence of one too many false fire alarms prompted Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 to send out a courteous but stern letter to undergraduates last week, reminding them that they could be expelled for tampering with fire safety equipment. The day after Gross penned the letter, a prankster sprayed a fire extinguisher throughout Canaday D, leading to the evacuation of the building and forcing students in D entryway to sleep elsewhere for the night. Although campus administrators state that the number of false alarms has not been abnormally high this year, a fair amount...
...That’s the courteous thing to do,” Murray said, “and we expect it to be more constructive and useful to have the chance to engage and discuss the contents one-on-one” with the new president...