Word: tactfulness
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...doubtful whether anyone else might have been more successful than Pearson in uniting Canada. What was required above all was a statesman with the perception and tact to avoid further aggravation of Canada's problems, and Pearson, for all the dreary confusion of his administration, was such a statesman. He brought the skills of a great diplomat to a situation where such skills were badly needed; his accomplishments were unexciting, but very real nonetheless. At no time in his ten-year political career did Lester Pearson enjoy the support of a large majority of Canadians, but if another...
...Deans, of course, tell us that all the Houses are basically the same--there is no House for jocks, musicians, or clubbies. But out of tact University officials have avoided any judgment on the political make-up of the Houses. The following statistics should allow you to make your own evaluation...
...more boyish "Teddy" is heard less and less, picks his issues with care, works diligently and displays tact with his elders. He can, and does, challenge leaders of both parties in disputes ranging from expanded social security benefits to ending the poll tax, but he avoids the maverick's stigma. He can and has gigged the Administration into paying closer heed to the Vietnamese refugee problem and dropping support for the National Rifle Association's annual matches, but he has not made himself controversial. In short, the senior Senator from Massachusetts seems determined to live up to John F. Kennedy...
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Lewis designed the program this summer, working on the staff of Technological Aids to Creative Thought (TACT). He can only map the circle a dozen different ways at present, but he said that within a few months he expects to be able to distort the circle to any algebraic map that a person could write out in his own handwriting on the computer tablet...