Word: tact
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lewis designed the program this summer, working on the staff of Technological Aids to Creative Thought (TACT). He can only map the circle a dozen different ways at present, but he said that within a few months he expects to be able to distort the circle to any algebraic map that a person could write out in his own handwriting on the computer tablet...
...against me will look like a rat - unless I run off with Eddie Fisher." Last November, a ventriloquist's dummy made to look like Hubert Humphrey graced the visible part of a foldout cover. Said the dummy: "I have known for 16 years his courage, his wisdom, his tact, his persuasion, his judgment, and his leadership." When the cover was opened, the full picture showed the dummy superimposed on the lap of, yes, Lyndon Johnson, who in turn was saying: "You tell 'em, Hubert...
...having spent seven years in Washington during the '40s as a secretary and auditor at the apostolic delegation. He also served as chargé d'affaires in India and nuncio to Haiti, and since 1956 has discharged his functions as apostolic delegate in anticlerical Mexico with cautious tact. The white-thatched Raimondi is described by acquaintances as "a liberal who knows his limitations," and "a likable man who wants to be liked...
Awarding red hats is a papal act requiring exquisite diplomacy and political tact. Ideally, a list of new cardinals should pay discreet homage to every major segment of the Roman Catholic Church: a prelate or two from major sees that traditionally require cardinal-archbishops; a sprinkling of faithful retainers from the Roman Curia; a spokesman for at least one nation that has never before had a member of the sacred college; a heroic bishop who has defended the Christian faith behind the Iron Curtain; and at least one energetic American...