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1 story matching tact
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:tactic, tack, tactless, tachi, tacit, tackl
- The Unteachable 'Sixth Sense' of Journalism
An 1876 editorial from the Northern Star debates whether the craft of a reporter can be taught in a classroom or only mastered in the heat of the newsroom.