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Bard Du Pont was the most prolific of the lot, "and we were all very impressed with his productivity," Grace recalled tactfully, "but none of us could stand listening to his lyrics."

Grace Slick The Biography Rowes, Barbara 1980

No doubt the day by day wholesale slaughter of families and their homes was also done 'tactfully'.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

She'll be immense -- "tactfully" immense, with Father about it -- she'll manage that, for herself and for him, all right; but where the iron will enter into her will be at the thought of her having for so long given raison, as they say in Paris -- or as poor Lorraine at least says they say -- to a couple like Maria and Tom Price.

The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors William Dean Howells 1878

I thought, "I don't know these people very well …. how am I going to say something 'tactfully'.

feminist blogs womanvsfeminist 2010

I thought, "I don't know these people very well …. how am I going to say something 'tactfully'.

feminist blogs womanvsfeminist 2010

"It cannot have sunk, surely," the Ancient Mariner would tactfully carry across the forbidding pause.

CHAPTER XII 2010

Early in 1999, they invited me to audition for the job, along with several other people whose names they, tactfully, would not disclose.

Randy Cohen - An interview with author 2010

However tactfully an adult may push them towards discoveries in literature, these do not have quite the treasure trove value of the books picked up wholly by accident.

An essay by Peter Dickinson entitled 'A Defense of Rubbish' 2010

Now, how to present this tactfully depends on the age of the students.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010

"It was brave of you to help Arthur the way you did — and you a stranger," she said tactfully, aware of his discomfiture though not of the reason for it.

Chapter 2 2010