The party commended Jonathan for what it described as his statesmanly disposition, adding that it is united and focused. From Wordnik.com. [Thisday Online] Reference
I do think that he is a strong, statesmanly leader and am not ashamed to support him. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Obama Has Agreed With Bush] Reference
The extremely imperfect development of his statesmanly qualities at that period may have justified such designs. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886] Reference
Typically every-mannish and good guy-esque, Hanks was Hanks and most said “Thanks” — for his statesmanly handling of his part. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
The tone of his blog doesn't suggest a statesmanly remove from petty infighting, but opposing the mass recall gives him the air of nobility in the face of injustice. From Wordnik.com. [Can't trust the Whirled - BatesLine] Reference
A change in attitude must be steered by statesmanly leaders (recall Begin and Sadat during the Camp David accord) who are willing to break conventional inflexibility on issues. From Wordnik.com. [WSJIDEBATE: There Are No Quick Fixes] Reference
The Conservatives, who don't allow public comments on their page, sent out no news during this period, but did find time to upload two new pictures of David Cameron looking statesmanly -- perhaps this is the only news they want to transmit, and Labour updated regularly but not with the news anyone wants to hear: what is going on behind closed doors in Whitehall?. From Wordnik.com. [Amanda Julius: UK's Electoral Abeyance Spurs Social Media Storm] Reference
At last he took that much-debated resolve, than which was never act more statesmanly. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10] Reference
Randy, the episode told us, is still Randy, but a bit more subdued and elder-statesmanly. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Bentley Continental Flying Spur, if your budget and tastes veered more towards the statesmanly. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog] Reference
The extremely imperfect development of his statesmanly qualities, at that period, may have justified such designs. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies] Reference
Cohen, 62, is widely seen as a statesmanly figure who will run, so he says, on a ticket of 'holding things together'. From Wordnik.com. [signandsight.com] Reference
It was their willing tribute, not to brilliancy of mind or profoundness of statesmanly acquirements, but to genuine goodness. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse in Memory of our Late President, Abraham Lincoln] Reference
The measures he proposes are all of a vigorously repressive kind; they are such measures as belong to a military occupancy, not to a statesmanly administration. From Wordnik.com. [A Biography of Edmund Spenser] Reference
His blind prejudice against our best people was shown in his selection of classes for amnesty; and the low plane on which he planted his administration was evidenced by his inconsistencies, his vacillations, and his reversal of the wise, generous, and statesmanly policy of his great predecessor. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of the Civil War] Reference
"more statesmanly attitude" was expected of the former deputy prime minister, who has dealt with the Kashmir issue at a very crucial turning point. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
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