Word: courteousness
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Wald said that the North Vietnamese are "not reacting at all" to President Nixon's trip to China, and reported that the trip had not been announced to the public. The Chinese reaction, on the other hand was extremely courteous, Wald said. He spent five weeks of his travels in China...
...Communists then returned to talk seriously, but often ambiguously, for another two hours. They kept complaining that the Americans simply did not understand their position. Says Kissinger: "They behaved correctly. Their personal behavior was impeccable, and I have great respect for them as individuals. They were tough, tenacious, yet courteous...
...turns out," Citrion added, "the kids in the Square are great--more courteous than most adults...
...delegation faced an unusual diplomatic situation: how to deal with the Chinese when there are no diplomatic relations between Washington and Peking. "We shall be proper, polite, courteous," said U.S. Ambassador George Bush. "We will be discreet, fair and available." Both sides, in fact, tacitly look upon the U.N. delegation as China's unofficial embassy to the U.S. As one qualifiedly friendly gesture, the U.S. applied to the Chinese the same travel regulations that govern the movements of the Soviets. Delegates from other Communist countries that have no diplomatic relations with Washington, such as Cuba, Albania and Mongolia, must...
...winy wraiths testify singly and at bold length about Raleigh, but mostly about soldiering, flattering, storms and other things they know. The illusion is so good that the skin crawls. Here, for example, is the courtier taking his leave: "This ghost, an ageless young man, ever idle and restless, courteous and cruel, unchanging child of change, this man will say no more. He touches his lips to signal silence. He smiles and, miming the blowing out of a candle, he takes a thief's farewell, first the color fading, then the sad cold light of his eyes gone...