Word: tactfulness
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...problem of the stage frightened examinee is perhaps caused as much by an absence of discussional training as by a lack of adequate preparation--and it is certainly minimized by the tact of the examiners. Yet burdened by concentration and distribution few can take time to devote an entire course to what should be acquired incidentally. And fewer-still will venture to compete for prizes in elocution...
...question of tact," was the sentiment expressed. "Let us compromise by giving us what we want, and giving Japan a sop for her feelings...
...leaning on him for support, that he is their leader and adviser, and that he is looked up to and consulted in every crisis of life. A man seems to grow bigger as he progresses into the ministry; the spirit of sacrifice and of service, the constant use of tact and sympathy, give him a new spiritual feeling which makes him rise to his responsibilities...
...bill was passed by 408 votes to 127, thus completely reversing the minority vote of two days previous. This so moved M. Charles Bernard, a Deputy for Paris, that he said: "M. Poincaré swings this Chamber around as easily as Mussolini does Italy's, but with somewhat more tact and respect...
Winston Churchill, standing for the Liberal Party at Leicester, animadverted upon the Government's conduct in refunding the U. S. debt. " With a little patience, tact, management and good-will," said he, "we might have secured from the United States far better terms than the extremely onerous conditions to which we have subscribed. With a great man and a great Government I believe it would be possible to have used these negotiations as a means of bringing the United States to the council chamber of Europe...