Word: tact
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cute idea-maybe too cute. But the screenplay, worked up by Arthur Sheek-man and William Driskill from a novel (Ada Dallas) by Wirt Williams, develops it into a pleasant political comedy, and Daniel (Butterfield 8) Mann directs the show with tact and skill. He makes the most of Martin's charm, the least of Hayward's flim-flamboyance. And in Ralph Meeker he viciously personifies the police power in a native Fascist regime. But it is Actor White-a British trouper usually cast as a potty colonel, a flaccid vicar, or a dear old rose fiend...
...sister. No one could expect him to violate in this way his deepest values and beliefs. For the same reason, nobody should suggest that he be required beyond the limits of necessity to give up the habits and tastes of a lifetime of eating, drinking, working and playing. Tact, sensitivity, and consideration are certainly needed. Every Corps member will encounter situations in which he must be flexible and perhaps willing to go more than halfway in giving up his own preferences. But generally he will find that others are willing to make concessions too. He will be most effective...
...establishes controls to ensure that the politicians and economists of poor nations take development seriously. If the controls work at all, planners will not wish to waste their funds on television sets for the more gracious living rooms in Pnom Penh. And American administrators can, with a little tact, free the program's strictness from the infuriating paternalism, of previous years...
Uninhibited by tact, Kennedy often had as many enemies on the force and in city hall as he had behind bars. But the people liked him, despite the fact that his rigorous code had at various times bruised the feelings of just about every powerful minority group in town. The papers urged Mayor Robert Wagner to reappoint Kennedy to a second five-year term, and early last week Bob Wagner announced that he would...
...many of Dillon's views will become guidelines of the Kennedy Administration remains to be seen. But Dillon's willingness to answer questions, and his unfailing tact and politeness, not only impressed the Senators but also showed that the precise policies of the Kennedy Administration are still open to discussion. Said Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore: "I must confess I did not approve of your selection. But you may not be as bad a fellow as I thought you were...