Word: tact
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Dartmouth showed little tact on the field, either. In the eighth inning, with Harvard already trailing 16-5, Dartmouth’s Seth Emery successfully stole third base—an act which Ronz noted yesterday was not appreciated by the Crimson...
...spectre of Osama Bin Laden, Saudi Arabia's millionaire prodigal son, continues to haunt the Kingdom, but quite typically, the authorities decided to confront the issue with both firmness and considerable tact...
Let’s consider the requirements for being a U.S. Senator. Impressive intelligence? Nope. Good looks? Not necessarily. Tact? Hardly. A strong moral compass? Yeah, right. In other words, it’s already looking good for yours truly...
...handled with a rare mix of tact and humility, the nuclear crisis spurred by Pyongyang could redeem American diplomatic relations with Russia and China, foster improved regional security and fuel the starved North Korean economy...
...York, was less appreciated when she returned to Houston in 1993 to take a job with Enron. Her mother noted the new attitude. And while Watkins rose quickly through the ranks and was thought of as whip smart, she earned an equally well-deserved reputation for lack of tact. Poised and pleasant with clients, Watkins often barreled right through her colleagues. They nicknamed her the "Buzz Saw." One boss pulled her aside and said, "Sherron, you kind of cut people off at the jugular. There they are bleeding at the neck, and then you decide it was rude...