Word: cordiale
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...shown by American foreign affairs experts was their continued advice that the President should not postpone his visit to Tokyo. The same advice was given by Ambassador MacArthur. The experts reasoned that pro-American elements in Japan would prevail and the President could be assured at least a reasonably cordial welcome. However, one wonders what those same experts meant when they hoped that the Japanese police would take firmer action. Are we to presume they meant that the police should open fire on the mob in order that the itinerary of a globe-trotting head of state would...
...Gaulle spent a cordial half-hour with his old friend and antagonist. Sir Winston Churchill. Addressing the combined Houses of Parliament in the high-raftered magnificence of Westminster Hall, he launched into an eloquent, 20-minute address that proved to be a long paean of praise for things British. Almost wistfully, De Gaulle noted that "with you, in the political field, tradition, loyalty and the rules of the game are so strong that your government is quite naturally endowed with cohesion and endurance. Your Parliament, for the duration of each legislature, has an assured majority, and the government and this...
...words of one American negotiator, "the atmosphere remains relaxed and the language moderate." The Russians left it to their satellite juniors to get in the nagging needles, and themselves appeared cordial but unspecific. Everybody knew that hours of hard talk lay ahead. They also knew that basic decisions, if any, would be taken far from the conference tables of Geneva...
People, in turn, are attracted to Humphrey. His friends are many and their loyalty is lifelong. Some of the crustiest Republican conservatives and bourbon Democrats in the Senate-men whose political views are diametrically opposed to everything Humphrey stands for-are his cordial personal friends. It is said that if the Senate held a popularity contest-with the voting in rigid secrecy, to be sure -Humphrey would be one of the top favorites...
...Southern bloc until, at the invitation of Louisiana's Russell Long (a Chevy Chase neighbor and an old acquaintance from his L.S.U. days), he actually sat down to lunch with a group of leading Southern Senators. To everyone's surprise, it turned out to be a completely cordial meeting. "We got to know each other as humans," Humphrey explains...