Word: courteousness
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...integrity and dignity of the big soldier-diplomat dominated the marble caucus room. George Marshall was, as always, firm but courteous, patient and persuasive. His flat monotone carried a note of determination...
Atlanta's Davison-Paxon store sent its customers dollar bills and asked that they be awarded to courteous clerks. In Seattle, Frederick & Nelson kept a company spy prowling the aisles. His job: giving orchids to polite salesgirls. The help, apparently a little stunned by such thoughtful practices, was positively charming...
...finished speaking, and in the case of substitute instructors, walking out on them in the midst of the class. In all fairness to those who are attempting to obtain the fullest amount of instruction possible from each lecture, I urge that you take an editorial stand so that a courteous atmosphere may be restored to the classrooms of Harvard. Robert L. Abbey...
...agree that this is the best form of government, but it should be remembered that we are guests in the country, and it would be discourteous, and not unfraught with danger, to voice our opinions too strongly. . . . Angels pay great respect to their Archangels; it would be a courteous gesture for G.I.s to salute these officers, just as enlisted members of the Heavenly Host salute American officers...
Andrew Jackson's entry into the White House-previously tenanted only by the "better people" - symbolized a sharp break from accepted manners. Jackson himself, says Author Schlesinger, was naturally courteous, but the new-rich were afraid that mere courtesy was not enough. Ostentation became the rule. Wrote one commentator: "Always keep callers waiting, till they have had time to notice the outlay of money in your parlors...