Word: cordiality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...appearance and very smoothly and beautifully furnished two-hours of French chamber music, which included the Faure Quintette, Opus 89, the Quartet, Opus 15, and the Ravel Trio in A Minor. To most of those present, including myself, these works were more or less unfamiliar, but from the very cordial reception which greeted each selection, it would seem as if more concerts of this type, in spite of their somewhat limited appeal, would be welcome...
...word tote worthies at Harvard: we leave you now for parts more or less unknown, but our places will be taken soon by others, this time one hundred and fifty strong. If they get half the cordial welcome we got we're sure they will leave Cambridge with as happy an impression as we have now. In our two and a half months here many things have happened to all of us personally, as well as to us as a group. We've tried to say our good-byes to most of our friends, but for those we've missed...
...minute conference which the two had at the White House on the afternoon of Mr. Willkie's return from his trip [helped create] the strain. There were few gentle words spoken during the interview. Mr. Roosevelt was effervescently cordial; Mr. Willkie was deadly serious and set out to tell the President what he considered the truth...
...other top sea dogs. At these sessions, the Chief of Staff and the COMINCH make an oddly effective pair: General Marshall is among the few in Washington who really know how to get along with briny Admiral King, and one of the miracles of World War II is the cordial state of Army-Navy relations at the top, however sour they may sometimes be on the lower decks...
...most serious result was a minuscule opposition bloc which Makram set up within the Wafd Party. Nahas was still sitting on the lid, unshaken, still carrying out a policy of 1) maintaining the integrity and independence of Egypt and 2) sticking to the letter and spirit of the cordial Anglo-Egyptian Alliance. Last week, Nahas Pasha's Egypt maintained a sphinxlike calm...