Word: tact
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lancelot to court, to Queen Guenever and to the cuckoldry of poor, long-suffering Arthur. Author White tastefully tucks the 20-odd-year dalliance of "Lance" and "Jenny" between the lines rather than between the sheets. What with the lovers' nagging consciences and Arthur's endless tact, this is one triangle that could seem eternal if Author White did not unfold the entire panoply of medieval life to divert the reader. He ranges from the protocol of jousting and the niceties of falconry to the names of the "fiercer cocktails" of the period, e.g., Father Whoresonne, Stride Wide...
...present and past officer of an Optimist Club and the husband of the president of an Opti-Mrs. Club, I wish to register my protest to the biased type of reporting you presented in your Feb. 17 story on Mrs. Dean. It would seem that tact, and the acceptance of a jury's verdict would be sufficient to indicate the innocence of the defendant in this situation. The Optimists and Opti-Mrs. do not lightly undertake their obligations to an individual or a group of children...
Honor to Civilians. From the start, the necessary removal of Pérez Jiménez' supporters in the armed forces was done with tact and no ugly rolling of heads. Gratefully, new Defense Minister Jesús Maria Castro León called to pledge the armed forces' allegiance. Next evening Journalist Fabricio Ojeda, 29, founder of the civilian "patriotic junta." which welded Venezuelans of every political hue into an anti-Pérez Jiménez striking force, added his promise of loyalty...
...humor is very nebulous and editors might even express contradictory opinions. But if you're broadminded you should be able to learn something from any comment. If you should sometime find a really asinine comment, it's quite all right to express your disagreement, but with tact." He smiled. "Yes, use tact." A few of the candidates smiled...
Osservatore called on police to crack down, and within 48 hours Rome police did, but with tact befitting a nation anxious to remain the world's No. 1 tourist attraction. A "strict and precise" directive to police noted that under Article One of the Concordat between Italy and the Vatican state, "police are obliged to prevent and repress any abuse against morality. Those found in succinct clothing will be gently invited to leave and to dress themselves with greater decorum. In cases of resistance, they will be identified, reported to their respective embassies and prosecuted...