Word: friendships
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...leftists with comments that she found several of his social and economic policies appealing, she admitted finding it "strange" how the former Labour leader was snuggling up with rightists in her back yard. "If I'd been invited to address English Conservatives, I'd have abstained out of friendship to Labourites," said Royal. She explained Blair's decision to the contrary on his cynicism in "accepting all invitations because he's campaigning for the future presidency of the European Union...
...while you were doing the adventures, you became involved with Nepal, building the schools and so on. I had built up a very close friendship with the Sherpa people and it was obvious that they lacked so many of the things that we took for granted - there were no schools, and certainly no medical attention available. I liked the Sherpas and I admired them and I just thought, well, maybe there's something I can do. Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition. So once the Sherpas said that...
This was made possible by a little-known NGO based in Europe called the Korean Friendship Association, which has created "friendship" (a.k.a. tourism) delegations for foreigners who want to catch a glimpse behind the curtain of the Hermit Kingdom. Anyone can apply?anyone, that is, with a passport that isn't from the U.S., Japan or South Korea. I turned in my application in September, and two months later I was in Beijing, where I plunked down $4,000 in cash for the 10-day trip. The next day my fellow travelers and I received our visas and boarded...
...northern Iraq and denounced the Turkish raids. "We condemn operations and they should be ended as soon as possible," said Massoud Barzani, the KRG head. But the condemnation was not as full-throated as it could have been. President Jalal Talibani stressed that Iraqis valued Turkey's friendship, and said that he hoped problems could be addressed through diplomacy...
Through marriage, friendship and patronage, the Duke of Wellington, the Roosevelts, Wallis Simpson and Winston Churchill (whose christening robes are still on display) made up the Leslies' inner circle and were frequent guests. But by the '60s, inheritance taxes had eroded the castle's fortunes, and its complexion began to change. Desmond Leslie, an experimental musician, set up a nightclub in the grounds. Called Annabel's on the Bog (named after the famous society nightspot in London's Mayfair), it attracted the likes of Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull...