They were given public deference and titles of courtesy because they were white.
"We like it because of the courtesy, warmth and quality of service," he said.
Sure, I said, uncertain whether she was asking me out of courtesy or because she genuinely wanted a second opinion.
Sure, you know what you're talking about, and for that reason, people should take you seriously, but expecting people to agree with you out of courtesy or because your ideas are so incredibly sound is another story.
I've redacted the team's name out of courtesy, but also because I'll be placing some serious wagers on their performance this year.
Fortunately, I don't have to fling my sweaty fingers around the keyboard doing my usual cartoonologizing shtick, because courtesy of the good folks at TED, that shtick is personified, in the person of me, in a talk called "Anatomy of a New Yorker Cartoon".
Most recently, we introduced a kit that offers people what they've been asking us for years: a temporary tattoo that looks exactly like a real tattoo because it's courtesy of the Jagua fruit, which grows in the Amazon and stains the skin black (designs last fifteen days before fading away).
Mr. Bush's advisers argued that Mr. Ashcroft would be a safe choice because senators grant courtesy to one of their own and because Mr. Ashcroft had been gracious when he conceded defeat in November to Jean Carnahan, the widow of his Senate opponent.
Well, we'll see if 300,000 West Virginians without drinking water because of a chemical spill, courtesy of Gary Southern and the idiots at Freedom Industries (the name of this year's BP) merit any mention today.
