Word: tactfulness
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...establishes controls to ensure that the politicians and economists of poor nations take development seriously. If the controls work at all, planners will not wish to waste their funds on television sets for the more gracious living rooms in Pnom Penh. And American administrators can, with a little tact, free the program's strictness from the infuriating paternalism, of previous years...
Uninhibited by tact, Kennedy often had as many enemies on the force and in city hall as he had behind bars. But the people liked him, despite the fact that his rigorous code had at various times bruised the feelings of just about every powerful minority group in town. The papers urged Mayor Robert Wagner to reappoint Kennedy to a second five-year term, and early last week Bob Wagner announced that he would...
...many of Dillon's views will become guidelines of the Kennedy Administration remains to be seen. But Dillon's willingness to answer questions, and his unfailing tact and politeness, not only impressed the Senators but also showed that the precise policies of the Kennedy Administration are still open to discussion. Said Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore: "I must confess I did not approve of your selection. But you may not be as bad a fellow as I thought you were...
...Adenauer, the unilateralist leanings of an important segment of the British Labour Party, the bitterness of France or of Belgium over its allies' behavior in U.N. debates on colonialism, are all powerful influences on the workings of NATO. Kennedy must be ready to roll a lot of oranges, for tact has become the most useful virtue the U.S. can cultivate in dealing with its best and oldest friends...
...have had a great deal of experience with him." Bob Taft's succinct characterization of Chester Bowles gets general approval despite the fact that over a period of 20 years, Bowles has plowed through a long series of jobs that generally require the soft, sure touch of tact. What he lacked in the diplomat's pouch of tact, he made up for with a bottomless bag of ideas, a gift of gab and unswerving earnestness for his causes...