Word: tactfulness
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...Moscow physics teacher and textbook author, Sakharov recalls his early family life as "cultured and close." From childhood, he says, "I lived in an atmosphere of decency, mutual help and tact, a liking for work and respect for the mastery of one's chosen profession." Young Andrei lost no time in mastering his: by 1942, having graduated with honors in physics from Moscow State University, he went to work in the war industry. After World War II, he studied with the theoretical physicist (and later Nobel laureate) Igor. Tamm. Soon he was at work on the Kremlin...
...Tactful Acuity. Once these lines are laid out, there is a marvelous inevitability to the contest's- and the film's-ending. Comic without being cruel since Schwarzenegger numbers among his many gifts the ability to let losers down lightly -it has tact, delicacy and psychological acuity. These are qualities few fictional films have managed in recent months. For documentarians to quarry them out of a seemingly slim slice of life seems almost miraculous, particularly since neither director can be considered a seasoned talent...
...well known and widely respected here," observed a British diplomat in London. "He is an able and tough negotiator and is well plugged into our own foreign policy establishment." France's Foreign Minister Louis de Guiringuad applauded Carter's nomination of "a man of finesse and tact and intelligence...
...will need to make personal con-tact with foreign leaders...
...subsequent satisfactory clinical performance.) I specifically asked the reporters from The New York Times and from The Crimson not to identify Harvard Medical School in this connection. A reader of my article could, of course, make a reasonable guess-- but I hope there is still a place for tact in discussing such issues. The Times honored my request; The Crimson did not. I apologize to the administration of Harvard Medical School for the result of my indiscretion...