Word: cordiality
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...Scott MacLeod: My sources are telling me that the decision was reached by mutual consent, and on a friendly basis - Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's meetings in Saudi Arabia over the past couple of days have been cordial and friendly, with good vibes reported on both sides. The reason for the withdrawal, my sources are saying, is that there had been a desire for a long time to make the U.S. military presence in Saudi "over the horizon" rather than immediately visible. It'll be there if the Saudis need it, but it won't be there permanently...
...owned the lease on the boathouse that the two rowing squads shared, but the university purchased it for the varsity women's use and asked the men to move. The male rowers have protested, and the matter is still being resolved. In the meantime, the men have been cordial. "Some people say we're suffering from reverse discrimination, and I tend to agree," says Derek Dilaj, a junior member of the crew team. "At the beginning, there was some friction and resentment, but it's not the girls' fault. They didn't make the decision...
...Beaux-Arts has so long enjoyed, that of rival ateliers in the same locality, working on the same problems, and with the great advantage to the instructors as well as to the students of an opportunity to see how other groups have solved the problem common to all. The cordial personal relations between Professors Haffner and Ferran, as well as between other members of the staffs in Harvard and Technology, insure a rivalry as friendly as it will be keen and helpful. No other city in the country has such an opportunity, and in fact, no other schools in this...
Whether University officials see fit to override a wish of their distinguished alumnus remained a debatable question tonight. It is expected that Professor Coolidge will again have the job of maintaining cordial relations between Mr. Roosevelt and the bells...
...Blix's meetings at the Foreign Ministry, the Iraqis were surprisingly amicable. "During the last inspection phase, things got nasty," an inspections official told me afterwards. "There was none of that this time. It was cordial and informal, like a conversation. They spared us the diatribes...