Word: tactfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such pure, understanding tact, observers thought, was finely typical of M. Chiappe. They recalled how he won fame (TIME, June 27) by his quiet, skillful arrest of Leon Daudet, editor of L'Action Francaise. Theatric, irrepressible M. Daudet had barricaded himself against the police and was supported by stalwart young Royalists armed with canes. Moreover public sympathy was with Daudet-both because of his high spirit and because the offense for which he had been sentenced to jail was merely technical. In such circumstances the arrest had to be nonviolent. M. le Préfet Jean Chiappe solved...
...years, from Populism to La Follettism. He is honest. He is able. Attending Senate each and every day calls for faithfulness. He is faithful. Remaining unruffled and unhurried when the other Senators come buzzing in from their trips, speechmaking, weekends or committee meetings, calls for patience and tact. Sitting in his back seat, he is a patient as a turtle, as tactful...
...civil war. A Boer himself, he is yet a keen, sincere imperialist, believing that the manifest destiny of the Union lies in membership in the Commonwealth. While firm for a flag that would embody the Union Jack, he nevertheless urged moderation upon his followers and it was through his tact and diplomacy that he obtained important concessions from the Government and so was able to induce his South African Party to accept the compromise...
...trip. President Coolidge stood above the Grand Canyon. Observers wondered whether a man whose greatest quality of tact was a stubborn silence, often ill-timed, would now fit the circumstances so as to be impressive. After regarding the canyon for several minutes, the President wisely sighted a telescope on the opposite side, the bottom of the canyon, birds wheeling below...
From the quay, past crowds which cried "Hip! Hip! Hooray!" the party ascended a steep hill to take luncheon near the old Citadel of Quebec, at the magnificent hotel, Chateau Frontenac. There Edward of Wales and Stanley Baldwin rivaled and outdid one another in the suavity and tact of their luncheon speeches...