Word: tactful
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...that innate ability might account for the underrepresentation of females in the natural sciences. In the two days after Summers’ remarks made national headlines, several Harvard psychologists have weighed in on their validity, with some rallying to Summers’ defense and others lamenting his lack of tact...
...husband, tells how Belle, a neglected child of privilege, befriends her housekeeper Bea in lieu of absentee parents. Day in, day out, the pair do gardening, shopping and housework together, punctuated by regular outings to the house's beachfront--"Belle and Bea, by the sea, hand in hand." The tact with which Bea fills a maternal role is touching, the warmth of their bond palpable. One day Belle ventures onto the beach by herself and chases her big red ball into the sea. A crisis ensues that teaches her the true measure of Bea and the true meaning of friendship...
...Raiders (2-2) will still be steaming mad after their collapse last weekend and that’s bad news for the Tigers, which barely limped out of the Bronx last weekend with their undefeated season in tact...
...being the Bride Magazine type, opted for a small marriage ceremony at a Cranford, N.J., courthouse. A man lounging in shorts and munching on a Snickers bar also witnessed the ceremony—unlike the other haunters of the violations bureau, he hadn’t mustered the tact to scoot away from the group of friends and family...
...make good of speculation. It takes a kind of tact to dare to go far enough but not so far that you grossly distort what you already have...