Word: cordials
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...confrontational course with Washington over the past few years. But even more so than Chávez, who publicly warmed to U.S. President Barack Obama at the recent Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, Correa has been effusive about the new government in Washington. Obama is a "sincere, open, cordial person who creates great expectancy," Correa gushed after the Trinidad summit. Now it is a matter of seeing how well Correa's pragmatic socialism meshes with the policies in formation in Washington. (Read a story on the thawing relations between the U.S. and Latin America...
...back there alone!Stop it. Stop it, you coward. Let it go. For all our decencies. But then Ezekiel said, “I won’t take somebody’s seat.”Doubt bloomed in my chest. Like a big swallow of cordial.“I ain’t goin’ to make somebody move. Am I?”“No,” I could barely say. “Of course not.” He couldn’t really be considering it. Could...
...coming just ten days after Obama's televised appeal for a "new beginning" between the U.S. and Iran, suggests the White House's efforts to thaw relations with Tehran are paying off. U.S. Afghan envoy Richard Holbrooke even met Akhundzadeh, and had what was described as "a brief and cordial exchange." (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...
...Brattle Square regular who plays acoustic guitar, complains that he has been experiencing ongoing clashes with both Bertucci’s and Hidden Sweets. While the management of Bertucci’s declined to comment, owner of Hidden Sweets Mike Braverman described his relationship to street performers as cordial. Still, Johnston feels that the store managers disregard his artistic contributions. “They [Bertucci’s manager and Hidden Sweets’ owner] were ganging up on me saying nobody wants to hear us and that we’re being too loud,” says Johnston...
...Relations between U.S. Presidents and Canadian Prime Ministers have not always been so cordial. Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroney, both of Irish descent, became fast friends who enjoyed fishing together and singing duets. The closeness of their friendship was a significant factor in the eventual signing of NAFTA. But Lester Pearson, Prime Minister in the '60s, delivered a scathing antiwar speech in Washington at the height of the Vietnam War. The next day at the White House, Lyndon Johnson issued a stern reprimand: "You peed on my rug!" Relations between the two never recovered. And Richard Nixon once famously called...