Word: cordiale
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...meeting was cordial. And after it was all over, President Kennedy escorted the senior Senator from Virginia out of the White House oval office. Said Kennedy good-naturedly: "Senator Byrd and I have agreed on everything." Everybody within earshot knew, of course, that the complete opposite was true...
...born a revolutionary tell you that you cannot permanently sacrifice the principles of YOUR revolution." So wrote Benito Mussolini to his brother rebel Adolf Hitler in a letter dated Jan. 3, 1940, reproaching Hitler for his cordial relations with yet another revolutionary-Stalin. But Mussolini, the founder of Fascism, proved in his own life the spiritual twinship of Fascism and Stalin's Bolshevism. He had marched under both banners without changing step...
...extend to you," President Kennedy wrote last week in the International Edition of the New York Times, "our cordial invitation to travel to a new world.... This year is a most interesting year for a visit to the United States of America...
...According to custom, all cardinals in Rome at the time pay a formal call on each of the new cardinals. Joseph Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis obligingly let Lees set up a temporary studio out front of his residence. This time, Photographer Lees got a record 27. Most were cordial; the only outright refusal came from crusty old Cardinal Ottavi-ani. "But Mr. Lees is photographing all the cardinals except you," an intermediary protested. "That's why I am Ottaviani!" replied His Eminence. In all, Photographer Lees (himself an Anglican) photographed 58 cardinals, some of whom have since died...
Everyone was most cordial. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Richard Russell set the tone for the session: "I understand from Senator Byrd that you are a Virginia boy." U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers, making his first public appearance since his release from captivity in the Soviet Union, smiled back. Then, in a soft drawl, he told his story. Committee members asked a few gentle questions, and sent him on his way with their paternal blessings. It was all over in 90 minutes...