Word: tactfulness
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Sheldon's ridiculous sense of timing and utter lack of tact are the source of countless laughs, but Sheldon is also the source of the play's most poignant moment--the scene in which he recalls witnessing a lynching when he was 9 years old. Copeland plays the scene with a powerful sincerity...
...PLACES YOU'LL GO! by Dr. Seuss (Random House; $12.95). Eighty-six- year-old Dr. Seuss continues to rhyme with reason in book No. 43, an illustrated philosophy lesson about bouncing back that contains the sage advice, "Be sure when you step./ Step with care and great tact/ and remember that Life's/ a Great Balancing...
Step with care and great tact...
Writing in the journal form, Schreiber balances her new life against her mother's death. She achieves this satisfying parity with emotional integrity and literary tact that suggest a depth of experience the author only hints at. Wisely. The results are clear and lasting observations rather than self- justifying trendy confessions...
...corner them, someone carps along this line: "Dammit, on subjects I'm personally involved in, you guys often get it wrong." The critic usually adds that if he had been consulted, all would have been right. How a journalist responds to this generic complaint depends partly on his tact and hubris quotients. Insiders with their own strong views, after all, tend to cavil about competing ideas and stories they consider less than comprehensive. But when I run into the I.L. these days, I find myself saying, "I know what you mean...