Word: tact
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coolidge has been accused of many things which are in reality the fruits of President Harding's Administration, but which he even then handled with tact and firmness. He opposed the Bonus Bill strongly, and as strongly supported Preparedness, actions which have won him general admiration. Certainly he is not a genius; equal certainly is he the conservative, level-headed man which the country needs today...
...progress of the protocol on arbitration, security and disarmament was marred by a series of disruptive, though abortive incidents. New Zealand, Yugoslavia, Italy and Japan threw monkey wrenches of varying sizes into the protocol machinery. Through the masterly tact of Dr. Eduard Benes, Foreign Minister of Czecho-Slovakia, the situation was in each case?except that of Japan?saved. The waves of excitement of the Italian furore, in which France and Britain took a hand, were stilled by an allusion of Dr. Benes to Euclid?that as Italy was in agreement with Britain and that France agreed with Britain...
Died. Frank Chance, 47, Bayard of the baseball diamond; in Los Angeles. As a player, he batted .327, stole 404 bases; as a manager, his tact and magnetism won him a sobriquet from the press: "The Peerless Leader." Four times he led the Chicago Cubs to victory in the National League; twice won the World's Series. Later, he managed none too successfully the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox. Last spring, he was scheduled to manage the Chicago White Sox, but retired because of illness, leaving the task to his faithful lieutenant, Johnny Evers...
...Albert from England? "My looks are my defense", can be his motto. If Mr. Davis is elected President, no need then for a secret service guard. His personal experience will clothe him safer than any linked mail. Even the open season on Follies' Queens may end. Who can tell? Tact, if nothing else, forbids a guess...
...National Negro Business League convened. Dr. Robert R. Moton, President of Tuskegee University, presided. In his opening speech he referred to the National Negro Finance Corporation, recently organized as a financial backer for Negro enterprises: "For 16 years the founder of this organization, Booker T. Washington, sought with tact and courage to overcome what seemed almost an obsession with our people- business fear and timidity. In large measure as individuals, and even more so in groups, we have overcome this timidity. The need for the present, therefore, is to stress the need for honest, capable, expert management as a basis...