Word: joviality
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...accused of capitalizing on his wife's position, Taufik Kiemas appears unruffled. The country's first First Husband was relaxed, almost jovial, when he met Time's Jason Tedjasukmana in the presidential manor to address his outsized role in Indonesia's political and business life...
Traficant certainly appeared larger than life when I met him in the summer of 2000. When I finally arrived, camera in hand, Traficant was in a jovial mood, having just read in a local Washington paper that he was being considered by Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan as a potential vice-presidential candidate...
Mullah Palawan is a large, jovial man. He tries to keep his face stern but breaks out in cheeky smiles when he thinks no one is looking. Hajji Mullah Sahib is a drawn, rakish figure. Conversation stops when he enters the room. In the past, his religious scholarship lent authority to the Taliban. He and others like him from the regime's theological vanguard preached the righteousness of Mullah Omar's government, and thousands listened. They still do in the Pakistani madrasah, or religious school, where he teaches today...
...Mullah Palawan is a large, jovial man. He tries to keep his face stern but breaks out in cheeky smiles when he thinks no one is looking. Hajji Mullah Sahib is a drawn, rakish figure. Conversation stops when he enters the room. In the past, his religious scholarship lent authority to the Taliban. He and others like him from the regime's theological vanguard preached the righteousness of Mullah Omar's government, and thousands listened. They still do in the Pakistani madrasah, or religious school, where he teaches today...
...Terror. Tomorrowland is represented by the Science Center and the distant and alluring Quad is Frontierland. The fake brick and simulated history of Liberty Square makes way for the real and dangerously uneven brick sidewalks of truly historical Cambridge. Street entertainment at Disney World abounds, as familiar characters and jovial musicians roam the parks. Harvard Square characters include mysterious brides and punk Pit People; musicians include Beatles cover bands and wandering a cappella groups. (Auditions and applications for such Harvard groups are as demanding and highly selective as Disney performer auditions...