Word: tactfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Courtesy and tact have never been notoriously characteristic of either house of our National Legislature, their place being, unhappily, often filled by meddlesome blundering. The climax, however, is reached by the Mason bill, fortunately not yet passed, by which it is proposed that we should establish both diplomatic and consular relations with the Irish Republic...
...foreign relations, the United States has never been over-addicted to tact or a regard for the proprieties; and the Senate's action is not unusual. Private individuals, it is true, may express their feelings with more or less freedom, on international as well as on domestic matters; but with public dignitaries the case is different. Their acts (official and unofficial) receive greater weight than those of private persons, and should be governed with a greater degree of caution...
...called 'Red peril,' no one who knows the history of Harvard need worry about her attitude. She stands for academic freedom and free and open discussion on all things by instructors and students. At times this freedom may bring embarrassing situations, but if these are met by tact they will do far less harm than suppression of free discussion. No Harvard man of today would wish it otherwise. I speak for the great body of Alumni, and I believe I am voicing their sentiment. We all believe President Lowell has handled this question of academic freedom with great discretion." Many...