Word: tact
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sentiments on Nixon found echoes all over the U.S. Republican papers made no bones about their enthusiasm-or their hopes. The Los Angeles Times found him "the only man in the history of the Republic who has had 'on-the-job' training," and added: "He has tact and the ability to make the right decision before the crisis engulfs him. The talent will serve him well when he is President." The liberalRepublican Chicago Sun-Times agreed: "Vice President Nixon has demonstrated that he has the great quality of leadership a political party must have in its candidate...
Faced with this polyglot group, Manager Murtaugh is wise enough to stay in the background, build his regulars' confidence by leaving them in the line-up through slump and surge. Murtaugh is the soul of tact when he walks out to relieve a pitcher. His standard remark: "It's one of those days. We'll get you a little help." This season Murtaugh himself is not sure why his Pirates have rebounded so well from last year's disappointing fourth-place finish. "You never know why they do good," he says. "You can only be grateful...
...school system told his staff after the Supreme Court's decision against school segregation: "It will be my purpose to implement that decision with no effort to sidestep, no effort by subterfuge or sharp practices to defeat the purpose of the court," launched a campaign with such tact and perseverance that Louisville schools, from kindergarten through high school, were completely integrated in 1956 without a touch of violence; of a heart attack; in Louisville...