Word: cordiale
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Although his face was lined and showed clearly the strain of his position, the 51-year old diplomat seemed cordial and was not at all reluctant to speak of the Far East crisis. He smoked continually but by no means nervously...
...Pacific powers expect to wage their war without the present help of Russia. Joseph Stalin is carefully staying out of the Pacific war. But the atmosphere at Teheran could hardly have been so cordial if the Pacific decisions had been unknown or unpleasant...
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that he wanted a "close, cordial and lasting association" with Soviet Russia; an Italy restored to its "rightful place among the free democracies";*a thoroughly devitalized and demilitarized Germany (see above); "a strong France and a strong French Army...
...long view explains Anglo-Russian attempts to maintain cordial trade-union relations in spite of their failure to interest U.S. trade unionists. A new international federation of labor is in the cards for the postwar years. Sir Walter, like many another Briton and many a Russian official, hopes for a three-way arrangement at the base of such a federation. But he intends to insure at least a two-way understanding...
...relations with the President are cordial, but strictly in the line of duty. The President doesn't actually wince when Budgeteer Smith enters, but he well might. For the President loves good news and Harold Smith almost never brings any. Every other Administration visitor can occasionally pop in with cheerful tidings. But not Harold Smith: he brings a brief case of woe, problems, figures, trouble, which he and the President must face up to forthwith...