Word: tactfulness
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...Harvard in its worthy conservatism is supporting old Cambridge against the inroads of the feminine world; Radcliffe is held up to English girls as a model of what should be. Sir Geoffrey seeks no further evidence from America; or is it a rare tact that restrains him from even a whisper of that civil was that is raging "far above Cayuga's waters...
...came or is likely to come from promises so freely given, especially when they deal with international disputes and racial prejudices. There are times when words accomplish more harm than good. Senator Lodge is a clever statesman, but he seems to have forgotten, for the time being, diplomacy and tact...
Professor Roger B. Merriman '96 introduced Speaker Gillett by summarizing the duties and the traditions of his "high and most important office," and by speaking of the "high character, great tact, and splendid firmness" of the present holder of this office...
...service of the Law School is that of method and cooperation, of standards and ideals. It does not supply brains or tact, or any substitute for either. It can give but a modicum of legal learning, less now, relatively, than ever. The law student sees at once, if he did not appreciate it before, that little has counted in his preparation but method and self-discipline...
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...