- Look up tact or
tactful in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tact or TACT may
refer to: The
sense of touch; see
Somatosensory system Tact (psychology)...
- "The
Tactful Saboteur" is a
science fiction novelette by
American writer Frank Herbert,
which first appeared in
Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in October...
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established by
Herbert in his
short stories “A
Matter of Traces” and “The
Tactful Saboteur”. In a far-flung ****ure in
which Earth is not so much as mentioned...
- him as "loyal and
personally honest". He was self-confident, polite, and
tactful; he had a
happy and
optimistic temperament. He used self-deprecating humor...
- "A
Matter of Traces" was
followed in 1964 by Herbert's
short story "The
Tactful Saboteur", in 1970 by his
short novel Whipping Star and in 1977 by his...
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imperial titulature.
Marcus took the
Parthicus Maximus now,
after another tactful delay. On 12
October of that year,
Marcus proclaimed two of his sons, Annius...
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nature of his
disastrous role, and in
subsequent letters maintained a
tactful silence on the
matter or else
returned to the face-saving
topic of Eckstein's...
- the
story like
powdered sugar." Others, such as Ray Green,
praised the
tactful nature of the film
stating that, "despite the
potential for
lurid sensationalism...
- the
maquis and in the
words of the
British historian Terry Crowdy to "
tactfully" give
professional military leadership. One "Jed", the
British officer...
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whose sovereignty was
ceded to the
Russian Empire. The
British would tactfully affirm the
Ottoman claim to the
caliphate and
proceed to have the Ottoman...
