Word: courteousness
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...Courteous Revolution. In case of war with Russia, the Italian Communists have plans all ready. Six, years ago, when Togliatti was shot and almost killed, the comrades momentarily showed their rough hand. They blocked 70 roads leading to Genoa, thus preventing government troops from entering the city. In Venice, they seized the radio station and broad cast false news. In an emergency, Barzini believes they could take over "all vital points"in the nation in a few hours. "In Italy, public order is maintained not so much by legal force as by the prudence of the Communists...
Meanwhile, they are biding their time "Slow penetration" is the party line. "This amounts to a silent, courteous revolution, gaining ground through good manners, a revolution carried out with the backing of the law, with no haste, moving from one election to the next, finally pre- senting the nation with a fait accompli, without provoking strong reactions, and with hardly anybody realizing what is happening...
...nose insignia for our null [see cut], the Chinese awarded the name of Flying Tigers to the A.V.G. . . . The Chinese have a tradition that the tiger is kind to his friends but ruthless with his enemies; I had trained my men, before their entry into China, to be courteous and cooperative . . . The reason ... is quite obvious when it is remembered that we had only 250 U.S. personnel working among 400 million Chinese, and were opposed by more than 1,000 airplanes of the Imperial Japanese Air Force, the socalled Iron Birds of Japan. Of course, the Chinese name, Flying Tigers...
...speeches-meticulously prepared, subtly reasoned, peppered with quiet wit-bored the House. But the ability to bore is rather well regarded in the House of Commons as a sign of soundness. Rab turned from oratory to committee and administrative work to prove his soundness. He was cautious, he was courteous, he never spoke out of turn, he never spoke unless well prepared. His voice was as clear as his logic. "The bullyboys may make the headlines," said a colleague, "but it is to the young Rabs that Tory leaders look for their successors." In 1931, Sir Samuel Hoare, then Secretary...
Poet Jeffers is a grave, courteous man whom a good friend once described as being "cold to the human species." For more than 40 years he has lived at Carmel. Calif, in a house made, largely with his own hands, of stones rolled up from the shore below. Only in recent years has he allowed himself a telephone and electric lighting; long ago he planted thousands of trees to guard his privacy from encroaching civilization. Optimists, those who put their faith in humanity, believers in God, in fact most people, will find little comfort anywhere in Jeffers' work. Even...