Word: tactlessly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...months." This was hard enough to understand even for people brought up in English. But Korean wives, most of whom are married to G.I.s serving standard, 13-month tours, soon got the idea: henceforth they were to be excluded from use of the PX. An Eighth Army spokesman was tactless enough to put the point intelligibly: "Some dependents have been abusing PX privileges through black-marketing"-and with that, the Korean wives were up in arms...
Last week the tactless tractor dealer was sentenced to from one to three years in prison, and stood prepared for still more misery. He and Parks Director Brinson still face a six-count fraud indictment for their original overcharge to the state. But when they will come to trial is uncertain. Georgia's court dockets are getting more and more crowded, as the state wipes out the footprints left by the Marvin Griffin administration...
...asked to resign. The Academy refused. Said Nobel Prize Author Francois Mauriac: "One does not resign from the Academy. One is immortal for eternity." Benoit, touched by the Academy's refusal but unpersuaded, replied: "I will never again set foot in the Academy. It would really be tactless of me." Benoit had supported the unsuccessful Academy candidacy of Paul Morand, a novelist rejected for his wartime collaboration (TIME, May 4). Asked if this was a factor in his withdrawal, Benoit sidestepped with Gallic nimbleness: "It was not only that...
...adventure tales, the unearthing last week of a live German bomb beside the Thames near .Waterloo Station, all keep alive old memories. Some might acknowledge that the moment was not propitious for old grudges, but the Tory Telegraph, for one, was adamant: "Dr. Adenauer's verbal explosion, tactless as it may seem, has the virtue of forcing both countries to face unwelcome truths while there is still time to moderate the harm they...
...intent in founding and future purpose of the Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. is worthwhile and has many possibilities. Many student doubts have been raised by perhaps tactless actions in the haste to get the HSA, Inc. into operation immediately this fall. We feel, however, that a legitimate fear of monopoly and control by a small group of men exists...