Word: cordiale
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...policy-makers have been frustrated that the White House, preoccupied with Reagan's economic program, has done nothing to develop a Middle East policy, and that the President has displayed a degree of innocence about the issues involved. If nothing else, the specialists at State hope that the cordial meeting with Sadat helped focus Reagan's attention on the intricacy and urgency of the region's problems...
...talks took place in a nondescript conference room within the walled compound of the Soviet Office of Trade. Seeley Lodwick, Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and chief U.S. negotiator, described the bargaining as "cordial and frank." The Soviets carefully refrained from castigating the U.S. as an unreliable trading partner for imposing the embargo, although as one U.S. official put it, "I am sure they are thinking it." The Soviets, however, gave no indication of just how much of the 6 million additional tons of grain they might buy before Sept. 30. Moscow has satisfied nearly all its grain...
...many warm feelings toward the old school; they have served each other's purposes long and well. But Galbraith's unfailing eye zeroes in on the excessive self-importance and overzealous self-taking that distinguishes Harvard from any another institution. His relationship with the university has not always been cordial. In 1948, the board of overseers attempted to block his tenure appointment--the first (and last) time it tried to intervene in a tenure decision. Several board members considered Galbraith a dangerous radical--he had been in charge of price controls during World War Two--and fought his appointment...
...Come right on in," and an inchoate cordial babble of welcome as they all heartily seat themselves, and suddenly find a terrifying silence left standing...
...employee said the meetings were cordial, informative, and no more intimidating than the union's efforts to meet with workers and explain its viewpoint. But other employees and union officials protested that the company intimidated workers and coerced them to vote against the management...