Word: tactfulness
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Clearly, the ad was a hideous example of poor taste, and the decision to run it displayed a total lack of tact on the part of The Owl, the paper at the center of this controversy. Nevertheless, the reaction of these students was unwarranted. First of all, in these socially aware times an ad as anachronistic as one for topless dancers should be a self-mockery, not deserving of attention from students who have better things...
...this reticence a matter of residual shame -- retained from his religious childhood -- or considerate tact? People who were close to Gunn are sure they know the answer. Says Vanessa Caldwell, his assistant at the Montgomery (Alabama) Women's Medical Clinic: "He was a very open, honest man. I think that's why it bothered him that his family didn't know the kind of work he did, exactly. He knew it would hurt them if they found...
...said. Opening up new avenues of discussion is a noble pursuit. All too often on college campuses and in society as a whole people avoid issues that are uncomfortable, including many involving race relations. But Mansfield methods were clumsy and harmful. A crusade for open discussion requires tact as much as brute force...
...realism of Edward Hopper paintings. Five Oaks is a town where history no longer takes root. Industry is elsewhere. Spirits too have up and gone. People have dusty backgrounds and odd occupations. A Palmer neighbor is a retired airline dietitian; a young woman describes herself as a Con-Tact-paper decorator...
...melodramatic tone with eerie background music by Walter Schumann. A sense of looming danger pervades the movie, as a dramatic victory of good over evil slowly unfolds. The Night of the Hunter, written in 1955, is the forerunner of the modern horror film, but this movie retains its tact while keeping up the intriguing suspense...