Word: cordially
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...Burke Jr., a 1979 graduate of the Business School, said that Thain’s skills were well suited to maneuver Merrill Lynch out of the sub-prime mortgage crisis that has plagued financial firms across the country in recent months. Thain has gained a reputation as a cordial, perspicacious technocrat who rose to serve as a co-president of Goldman Sachs and revived the ailing New York Stock Exchange. Merril Lynch reported an $8.4 billion loss in securities and bad loans last month. Thain was deeply involved in establishing the then-booming mortgage bond business while...
...Self-Inflicted Wounds In the past several months, the west has so antagonized Russian President Vladimir Putin that it has pushed him into the arms of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [Oct. 29]. The West is responsible for cementing the two formerly less-than-cordial nations. The worst nightmare would be if Russia goes all out to help Iran secure an arsenal of nuclear weapons. That would be a global debacle. Zi-zenn Chen, Sydney...
...first move was an invitation to steep ourselves in Kitcho's tradition. We were ushered into a European parlor and sat stiffly on the ornately carved green-leather chairs sipping ice-cold umeshu, a sweet plum cordial. A maid came to conduct us to our table, which was set in a private tatami room and big enough to seat 20. The vast, minimalist space was fit for a state dinner (in fact, the former Prime Minister had once stopped by for lunch). But if there were any other guests, we saw no sign of them. Our privacy was almost daunting...
Opposite Roberts' desk in his paneled chambers is a door that leads to the Supreme Court conference room, where in order of seniority the Justices discuss cases. It is a small space for such robust egos and large minds, but by all accounts, the exchanges are unfailingly cordial...
...Poland, where relations with Germany have rarely been cordial and where ties have deteriorated in recent years, the news was seized on by leading right-wing politicians to condemn him. Grass last year wrote Walesa and the mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamwicz, to explain why he had taken so long to admit the full details of his war record. He said it had taken him until his later years to find the right formula to discuss his decision. "It's only now, with age, that I have found a suitable way of talking about it from a wider perspective...