Word: cordiality
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...high points of a foreign VIP's visit to Peking used to be an airport greeting by Premier Chou En-lai and the "cordial conversation" with Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Now there is a third. In recent weeks, ranking visitors from Rumania and North Korea have met not only Mao and Chou but also General Huang Yung-sheng, 64, Chief of Staff of China's People's Liberation Army. Last week when the heads of state of South Yemen and the Sudan came to town, Huang acted as co-host with Chou, who has accorded the general...
...being I've canceled my cheerfulness." Later he won several important concessions, such as the unilateral declaration of German unity and a private understanding from Gromyko that the renuniciation-of-force treaty would pave the way toward progress in the Big Four talks on Berlin. In an unusually cordial gesture, Gromyko invited Scheel for the weekend to his dacha outside Moscow. Shucking their coats and settling down in wicker chairs, the two men reviewed their negotiations while sipping tea, cognac and kvass, and ended the evening swapping hunting stories...
...headquarters were understandably dispirited, but the defeated incumbent issued a calm and constructive concession statement. He congratulated Gibson on his "splendid victory," called on the city to support him, and offered his own help in the transfer of power. Two days after the election, the two men had a cordial meeting...
Pusey was cordial but seemed slightly unnerved at the beginning of the interview. Our talk began ominously with his pointing to my tape recorder and saying "I don't talk into those things. You'll have to take notes." From there on in, he was friendly and answered most questions as directly as he could...
HARVARD Faculty meetings used to be cordial, rather intimate affairs a few years ago. Convened beneath the portraits and statuettes of the tiny Faculty room in University Hall, the meetings began after a short tea and cookie session for early arrivals. An ornate chime clock hung at the side of the room and, on striking the magical hour of 6 p.m., called down the President's gavel on whoever happened to be speaking and brought an immediate adjournment...