According to members of federal agencies and others who have interacted with Fannie Mae and Ofheo, Mr. Falcon bridled at Mr. Howard's and Mr. Raines's reluctance to provide his agency with timely, detailed and respectful replies to queries since he became Ofheo's director in 1999.
Sleeping on it will clear your head and allow you to compose a balanced, respectful response the next day if you decide to reply at all.
She tried calling politicians, even writing a letter to President Obama, from whom she received a respectful but vague hand-signed reply.
So it came as little surprise that when the Guardian wrote to all Labour MPs earlier this year, inviting them to nominate Labour's greatest hero, the replies were less respectful of mere prime ministers than a comparable exercise among their Conservative colleagues.
The replies have been deferential and respectful: oh to be a fly on the wall in the respective team rooms.
After being sent e-mails detailing the allegations in the legal papers, Mr. Zakarian replied by e-mail: "As a respectful practice, I will not comment on business partnerships or pending litigations.
Only 2% of comments are blocked (a further 2% are deleted because they are spam or replies to blocked comments); the majority are respectful and many are wonderful.
"Guys who are respectful to women often get shot down quicker than the ones who are raunchy," replied Tom Williams, a student.
