At the royal première of "Lawrence of Arabia," in 1962, the Duke of Edinburgh, chatting with the director before the show began, inquired politely, "Good flick?" Lean received his first credit as editor on "The Night Porter" — sadly, not the leather-and-jackboots Nazi-flavored outrage with Charlotte Rampling but a short film of a music-hall skit, made in 1930.
Elway wasn't in the mood to talk — "not right now," he said, politely — but good luck to him if he had any thoughts of dislodging Tebow in the near future, even if he already is convinced that Tebow will never be more than a gadget player, a Wildcat specialist.
Even with the try-gun your shooting won't be perfect, and your instructor will be whispering politely: "Very good, sir, maybe more to the left," or "I think it might be a good idea for you to aim more in front of the bird, sir".
The fans understand and respect the game, politely cheering good plays by the opposition.
Mr. Spielman, the deeply feared discipline enforcer/assistant principal, the single genuinely scariest adult in the whole school, would walk by, smile and politely say, "Good morning Alonzo...".
Otherwise, handle it politely with good judgement and without retaliation.
A nation that has no living memory of a time of national despair finds it impossible to believe that things won't just somehow get back to "normal" if we just behave politely like the good middle class people that we are supposed to be.
How do I decline again, firmly and politely, and maintain good relations with him?
I was in the wrong place, he explained politely in reasonably good English, then offered directions.
The sight of any company paying a firm to leverage anti-Semitic and antisocial sentiment on its behalf is, to put it very politely, not a good look.
It's a much more discreet way of politely asking for good service.
