Word: courteousness
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...wartime notes complaining of a Berlin Chancellery official who wanted special help in disposing of some people he found particularly irksome: "This is the most important shop in the entire Reich, and here this uncle asks me whether he could have a few trains. And he is very courteous and cordial, because he wants to stoke the stove with a few idiots...
...raised during the long afternoon, Kennedy's spirits were up. He enjoyed sparring with the Soviet Premier, felt that he was holding his own, and even scoring a few sharp counterpunches. Trying hard not to build up any false hopes, U.S. observers said only that the talks were "frank, courteous and wide-ranging"; but to the Russian group, the initial encounter seemed "fruitful...
...good deal to do with Franco-NATO relations in which De Gaulle has often seemed an unmanageable ally. "I have just met him once. He is not an old friend of mine as is the Chancellor. De Gaulle, of course, is a grand gentleman. Very courteous. Very meticulous. When you converse with him, he makes statements rather than conversation. An extremely interesting man.... There is no point whatsoever in arguing with him, although his one great virtue is adjusting himself to facts...
...University physics professor who spent two weeks in Russia last month under the Harvard-Leningrad exchange program received a "courteous and very friendly" reception--at least until the Cuban invasion began...
...State Department's protocol division has set up a new "special projects" section, which works with the Washington Real Estate Board in helping Africans secure housing, also provides them with tips on friendly stores, restaurants, barbershops, etc. Dark-skinned diplomats who plan trips outside Washington are advised of courteous hotels and eating places along their route. One diplomat, visiting Florida last week, put in a distress call to the Special Projects Section, promptly found his restaurant problems solved and an invitation awaiting him from the local university president. President Kennedy is appealing to state Governors for their advice...