Word: cordially
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...last night’s meeting, which committee member Luc Schuster described as “cordial,” was designed for the school committee to digest, rather than debate, the superintendent’s proposal...
...China's smiling face visible only to its south. In a cordial state visit last year, Hu reached out to India--an old rival with which it still has some disputed borders. The two countries pledged to double trade by 2010 and agreed to bid jointly for global oil projects on which they had previously been competing. Hu has also sought to mend ties with Japan, another longtime rival, with whom China's relations have deteriorated in recent years. Last October, Hu met the new Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Beijing just days after Abe took office, a visit...
...envisaged eventually replacing the Belarusan ruble with the Russian one and suggested a constitutional change that could allow the formal inclusion of Belarus in the Russian Federation. A decade later, both countries say they still intend to implement the agreement, but the dying days of 2006 saw their once cordial relations deteriorate into a battle of brinkmanship. Moscow warned it would turn off gas supplies unless Belarus agreed to hike the price it paid for the fuel. Belarus countered with a threat to block the pipeline through Belarus that transmits 20% of all Russia's gas exports to Europe...
Despite all the cordial luncheons and admissions that both sides love America, the President and the newly elected Democratic Congress aren't likely to find common ground on hot-button issues like stem-cell research and no-warrant wiretaps. Here's our pick of policies on which the two might actually do business...
...Dinner” promises to be just as dark, just as funny, and possibly just as awkward. “Dinner” runs from Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 1-4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Loeb Experimental Theatre. Don’t wait for your cordial invitation, trust me, it’s not coming. Just go check it out—after all, tickets are free...