11.  Kittles stuck to him, but in a polite way.

12.  Philanthropy becomes a polite way of advertising a life well spent.

13.  Senate Democrats have officially deserted the probe, it has run out of money and Republicans are looking for a polite way out.

14.  Some Middle East experts said that was a polite way of saying no.

15.  That is a polite way of saying the punishment would hurt America more than China, which is true.

16.  That was his polite way of saying that the Buffaloes displayed some misplaced aggression as they began serious preparations to play Oregon.

17.  This is a polite way of saying that the Magic must prove there is a head and a heart to match their obvious raw talent.

18.  This was a polite way of saying that while the tribunal is independent, it also operates in an intense political atmosphere.

19.  Which is the polite way of saying they were more or less useless.

20.  It was a polite way of saying nothing concrete was done.