Word: tact
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...these confusions of values, the art of misleading plays its part. Men are misled by men of tact and their methods, which are best illustrated in politics and in advertising...
...often necessary for him to think and act quickly in the court room, alertness is the primary requisite of the advocate. Concentration, judgement and tact are also essential characteristics. But an office lawyer's work requires a rather different make up--clear headedness, patience, solidity of judgement, together with the courage to advise clients rightly and to assume the responsibility for so doing. The business lawyers "are really a cog in the wheel of the business machine." With tact, judgement and the other requisites of a successful business man or lawyer, one of this class should combine insight...
...travels, which is a very clever parody. A large proportion of the shorter jokes are also above the average, such as the strangely familiar "Men at the Dunyer Cafe." Especial credit is due to the reportorial work of the Lampoon's New Haven correspondent. Under the circumstances, much tact must have been needed to secure interviews so pointed...
...divided among M. Georges Feydeau, M. Gandillot, M. Alexandre Bisson, and M. Courteline. Of these, Courteline seems to have the most talent. He is a writer of considerable power, with a copious and spontaneous wit. The military officer is one of his stock characters, but he has not the tact, according to M. Deschamps, to treat him with the dignity due him as the protector of his country. "Les Gaietes de l'Escadron" is an excellent parody -- albeit full of philosophy--on the less attractive sides of military life. "Le Train de 8:47," "Boubonroche," and other similar works, belong...
Victor Hugo was of plebian origin; hence the vigor of his physical constitution, the violence of his anger, his intellectual and moral health; hence also a certain lack of taste, of tact and of delicacy. During his youth he wandered abroad, in Italy and Spain, where he accumulated a stock of impressions. These impressions received in the course of his travels became fruitful in the dreams of his later years...