Word: politest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after years as a junior executive, is still a long way from inheriting the family business. Yes, Diana is charming, and at 24 she has become stunningly self-assured. But she will not be sharing palace confidences with her dinner companions nor making anything but the politest prattle ("The salmon is awfully good, don't you think?"). Charles and Diana are world-class illusionists, modern masters of the deflective gesture, hinting at intimacy while keeping their distance...