Word: cordiale
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...what it is, an opening wedge and no more. If the impression of finality and great advance which the Navy Department has tried to create, and which is evidenced in Secretary Knox's unfortunately patronizing attitude when he says "the whole thing will be carried along in a cordial spirit of experimentation"--if this attitude is allowed to persist, the long range value of the step will be lost. The problem is bigger than the navy and more far reaching than the war. Its solution is worth every effort, and the present opportunity, if properly handled, can become a vital...
...Paul Schmidt of the German Foreign Office was most cordial to the Stockholm newspapermen. He had enjoyed his usual hearty lunch and washed it down with perhaps a little too much good Swedish beer. He beckoned the newsmen close. Because of the "advanced stage" of Swedish-German relations and the "various rumors" that Germany was going to invade Sweden, Herr Schmidt was going to release a secret...
Suzuki-san probably would know who this speaker was: Major General Eugen Ott, German Ambassador to Tokyo. But he probably would not know why this foreigner's tone was so cordial, his eye so gleamy, his smile so quick. He would not know why General Ott was so warm whenever he mentioned the name of Lieut. General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the conqueror of Singapore, the hero of this day of days...
Once the Excellencies introduced the Countess to a deferential man who had "the face of a seal and breathed very loudly through his short nose." The old men were very cordial while the seal kissed the Countess' hand with "very moist lips." But as soon as he moved on, Bratianu-beard said: "Voila le gigolo le phis dangereux de Bucharest." All his friends in high Rumanian society knew, said the Old Excellencies, that "he lived on women and blackmail" and "worked for Moruzov's Secret Police." Nearly everybody in the Athene Palace worked for Moruzov, they said, from...
...Amazon and its tributaries (for potential oil shipments), but grumbled that pressure to sign had been severe. Peru did not grumble. To non-grumbling Peru Franklin Roosevelt sent a message praising "friendly consultation and mutual adjustment." To grumbling Ecuador went praise for "the spirit of cooperation and cordial collaboration...