Word: cordially
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...country from moving into the Soviet orbit. Despite U.S. dismay, it has even sold "defensive" weapons to the Sandinista government. Reagan raised this issue when President François Mitterrand visited Washington last week. Said Reagan: "We discussed all facets of it." Mitterrand said that the warm and cordial meeting was too short to resolve any disputes over Central America. Explained Mitterrand later: "Our analysis is different from the start. I think these people must come out of the economic misery in which they are held by the oligarchy. This requires comprehension from the West, or these countries will seek...
...after President Reagan sent a message to Premier Zhao Ziyang expressing his desire for "an even stronger framework for long-term friendship," Zhao replied in a similarly cordial tone, saying in effect that China was willing to try to break the Taiwan deadlock. Clearly, in the vital interests of both nations, they must do so. As Richard Nixon, reflecting on his finest hour, wrote last week in the New York Times, "The bottom line is that both sides must recognize the paramount importance of preserving the new relationship. Neither of us can allow anything, including differences over Taiwan, to jeopardize...
Gretzky is so cordial, one gets the impression he wants to be better than the sometimes fractious Orr even off the ice, to handle it all as well as the always placid Howe. Gordie is to Gretzky what Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges was to Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey, a giant he happened upon as a child and who never disappointed either the boy or the man. "Sometimes," Gretzky says, "I think it would be nice just to play the game, take off the equipment and go home. It's embarrassing to talk about records. But then I think...
None of this kept him from having cordial relations with many Jews or from elevating them to key positions. His prejudices would break forth in commands reflecting the emotion of the moment. I did not keep track of how often I was told to cut off all aid to Israel in retaliation for the actions of some wayward Jewish members of Congress; Senator Jacob Javits seemed to have a special ability to get under Nixon's skin...
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev greeted Jaruzelski's appointment with a cordial telegram urging him to use his "great prestige" to rally the Polish party against "counterrevolution." There was no indication that the Kremlin had imposed Jaruzelski on the Poles; indeed, it probably would have preferred Politburo Hard-Liner Stefan Olszowski. But the Soviets apparently found the general an acceptable replacement for Kania, in whom they had lost all confidence...