Word: tenderer
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...been laying for bigger game. No sooner had Secretary Hoover declared the need of organized purchasing in this country to offset foreign monopolies in trade than Mr. Untermyer went at him slam-bang on his attitude toward trade associations in this country, which has been with Mr. Untermyer a tender subject ever since the Lockwood Committee investigation in New York State...
Here nature's lines and pigments, guarded and moulded by tender hands of many gardeners, paint the halls in contrasting colors, now gorgeous and vivid, now subtle and evasive. The full-blown ripeness of the rose, the sturdy primness of the sweet pea are ranged in harmonious array, mingling the emotions of night and scent in one silent pean to the advent of Spring...
...entered my mind. I confess to recognizing another quality to which President Lowell referred--a readiness for combat. I look back upon my life as a boy sometimes engaged in those rough and tumble fights which we used to have on Boston Common, and I recognized there at a tender age that I did display considerable enjoyment in fighting...
Miss Ferber is at once finely intuitive and keenly observant. She is that most unusual person, the interpretative reporter ; for she can not only see the events which are tramping about her; she knows well the souls of events. She is eager, tender, possessed of a magnificent tolerance, in spite of a firm ethical creed-and her artistic creed is similar; for, while she might permit herself to experiment, she never gropes, is never sloppy in her style...
...appreciates better than I how difficult your situation has become. I fear that my continuance in the Cabinet would increase your embarrassments. Therefore, I have the honor to tender my resignation...