Word: tactfulness
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...rage the nurse explained to Judy what a bastard was, told her she was it, Judy was horrified, ran away. When they finally found her, unco guidness and her own adolescent fears had almost addled her little pate; it took all of Hilary's affectionate tact to mend matters...
...Count, who reminds one of a Japanese Otto Kahn, dresses with extreme care, has exquisite taste & tact, has been thrice Foreign Minister. He has also been a member of the Son of Heaven's august Privy Council. He is above party and by far the highest ranking citizen of Japan ever placed in charge of her Panama Canal...
When charges of ''Slavery in Liberia" broke (TIME, Jan. 19), Mr. Barclay was Secretary of State, answered Statesman Stimson's urgent inquiries with tact. Presently the then President of Liberia, Mr. D. B. King, resigned. As Secretary of State Mr. Barclay automatically became Acting President, which he was until elected President...
...seems obvious, after a disinterested examination of the facts involved that if Pullman Conductor Edward English had used a little tact and common sense and dealt with the porter as though he was a human being and not struck him in the face with his fist after questioning him which provoked the fight, the whole unhappy affair could have been avoided. A. PHILIP RANDOLPH...
...first man home ever has the advantage and Mr. Curley has handled the question of the Legion d'Honneur with diplomatic tact...