Word: manners
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Even though the amount granted to outside directors in options pale in comparison to options given out to executives, such practices shed light on the manner in which many corporations are governed...
...Congressman Jim Leach, the Iowa Republican, was a terrific public servant for 30 years. He was always independent, always scrupulously honest. He lost this year, and the manner of his losing is instructive. He refused to allow the Republican National Committee to distribute a negative mailing about his opponent. He called Ken Mehlman, then the r.n.c. chair, and threatened to caucus with the Democrats if such negative mailings didn't stop. They stopped, but the Congressman lost narrowly to an academic named Dave Loebsack, who had similarly refused to attack him. A former foreign service officer, Leach would make...
...learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner...
...with a majority of his Republican colleagues and took a centrist position that is neither hypocritical nor slippery. Aside from misstating Senator McCain’s principled and clearly articulated position in support of unlocking the potential of this important research while doing so in an ethical and moral manner, the writer appears to misunderstand the nature of these two pieces of legislation. The op-ed continues to mischaracterize Senator McCain’s record by quoting a New York Times op-ed that uses a McCain spokesman’s quote out of context to imply that Senator McCain...
...under-representing conservative literature in its library. According to Grizzle, the Center has made efforts to diversify its library since the article was published. In her time at Harvard, Grizzle has maintained a civil relationship with her ideological rivals. “I don’t think the manner in which I say things should offend people...I think it’s important to not be disrespectful or unintelligent,” says Grizzle. For the most part, she is treated civilly in return, remembering only one unpleasantry during her protest of last year’s immigration...