Word: courteousness
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...Would I go in the jungle with that man?'' By that standard, each was eligible for Monty's safari except Khrushchev. Mao, whom he met in Peking in May 1960, he regarded as 'the peace-loving ruler of an emancipated people-sort of trustworthy, friendly, courteous, cheerful, clean and reverent. Can Mao be persuaded that "the best interests of China lie in being friendly to the West?" Says Monty: "I shall do my best to bring this about...
...passively watched as dear old Aunt Matilda wrestled with her steamer trunk. "That's the public for you," lamented a veteran cabby. "If all ten thousand of us went to hell, they wouldn't care. But I ask you: if there's a more efficient or courteous taxi service in the world, you name it. It takes New Yorkers to appreciate...
...other branches of Government organizing these sidebar corporations and using taxpayers' money to circumvent the civil service and pay large scientists and others? Isn't this sort of incongruous with the call for volunteers for your Peace Corps?" Understandably, Kennedy's answer amounted to a courteous ahem...
...Nashville, Negro students continued to clog ticket-window lines as they besieged segregated movie houses for the third straight week without success, but were surprised to receive courteous service for the first time at a bus-station restaurant...
...never said nor have I felt like saying that the Democratic National Committee "haven't given me the time of day," with respect to my hopes to be considered for particular assignments in the Kennedy Administration. The men with whom I have been in touch have been most courteous in spite of the urgent and onerous responsibilities burdening them...