Word: cordiale
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...court success has been overshadowed by a rivalry that smells nothing like team spirit. The rocky relations between Clijsters, 20, and Henin-Hardenne, 21, roughly parallel the dividing lines in Belgian society. Clijsters, from the Flemish-speaking north, and Henin-Hardenne, from the French-speaking south, have long been cordial, never close. As they've risen to the top of the tennis world, relations have chilled. Henin-Hardenne has won four of their last five head-to-heads, including the Acura Classic final in August in San Diego. After the match, Clijsters hinted that her rival had taken an injury...
...Saudis demanded that the material be released to make it clear that, as Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal put it, "We have nothing to hide." Sources tell TIME that around the time Bush decided to withhold the 28 pages, he telephoned Crown Prince Abdullah and had a cordial chat with the de facto Saudi ruler. Bush brushed aside the controversy and, wanting the two countries to move forward, told Abdullah he would send advisers to discuss the purported financial networks. Abdullah received Bush's envoys on Aug. 5 in his As-Salaam palace in the Red Sea port of Jidda...
...international body been engaged in humanitarian relief work, but De Mello and others had discreetly played a major role in helping Bremer manage the political transition. Key Shiite leaders, such as Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, have refused until now to even meet with Bremer, but they enjoyed cordial relations with De Mello - and the UN man was credited with having persuaded some key Shiite figures to serve on the Iraqi Governing Council appointed by the U.S. viceroy...
Ironically enough, it was PeopleSoft's Conway who first suggested to Ellison last year that the applications side of their businesses should merge. The discussions were cordial--hard to imagine after a week in which Conway compared Ellison to Genghis Khan--and the two companies exchanged fact-finding teams. The sticking point: who would run the joint business. "He said, 'I'm your man,'" says Ellison. "Conway didn't see a single antitrust problem then." (Conway does not dispute this account of the meeting but points out that discussions were over in a matter of hours.) After negotiations broke down...
...It’s a very, very cordial relationship and absolutely vital to us,” says Connor, whose NHC is closely tied to the University of North Carolina, Duke University and other institutions...