Word: courteousness
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Shultz, a mild-mannered and courteous man who nevertheless argued his free-market principles with surpassing stubbornness, came to that authority by his loyalty to the President and skill at tacking; he is the last member of the original Nixon Cabinet still in high office. Shultz was dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business when he was named the Administration's first Secretary of Labor in 1968. After serving with quiet competence in that job, he was put in charge of the newly created Office of Management and Budget...
Finally our ice cream has not been cheapened by inferior substitutes because of inflation. We still offer pleasant, efficient and courteous service when dispensing our various 31-derful flavors. Sam Citron Harvard Sq. Baskin-Robbins
...Bobby Riggs at the seniors' tournament in this city last winter, and found him chivalrous, courteous, and very charming. He was not a bad tennis player either...
...years, Dean concentrated on civil rights legislation and on criminal law reforms. In 1967 he became associate director of a now defunct panel (the National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws), which was set up to advise Congress and the President. There he struck one colleague as courteous, pleasant to work with but somewhat facile. Recalled the colleague: "He gave the appearance of having more poise and assurance than he really possessed...
...issued to the President." Upon closer examination, Chief Justice Marshall's opinion is not quite so clear. While he did subpoena President Thomas Jefferson to produce a letter he had received, for use by Aaron Burr in his treason trial, Marshall's language was elaborately conciliatory and courteous. As for Jefferson, he asserted that the court had no right to compel information, but he did voluntarily supply an edited version of the letter...