Word: personable
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...they didn't like him. All of them! For the first time, I could relate to that Romeo-and-Juliet situation where the only people who wanted them to be together were them. That's the most romantic song I've written, and it's not even about a person I really dated...
...extraordinary brilliance and compassion with an intellectual wingspan that covers the globe.” Cotter was hesitant to take full credit for the adulation that his work has received. “I don’t consider it a prize to one person,” he said. “It is a prize to the journalism community and the New York Times in general.” But Blier insisted that the award rightfully honors Cotter’s contributions to the art world. “It says that the arts he covers are worthy...
Less than a day after President Barack Obama told CIA employees in person that he didn't support prosecuting them for the harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects, he left open the possibility that those who drafted the legal opinions justifying such questionable techniques could end up facing charges. The surprising statement marked just the latest step in Obama's evolving view of the Bush Administration's handling of terrorism cases, and it underscored the fine line he is navigating in his stated commitments to uphold the rule of law and at the same time move beyond the divisive Bush years...
...According to Congressional Quarterly, Harman was allegedly overheard by a government agency discussing a proposal to come to the aid of two Israeli lobbyists during a federal investigation into the person with whom Harman was speaking. The name of that individual has not been disclosed, though sources told the New York Times that the person promised in return to convince Hollywood Democratic fundraiser Haim Saban (popularizer of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) to withhold funds from then minority leader Nancy Pelosi unless Pelosi gave Harman the chairmanship of the Intelligence Committee when and if the Democrats won back the House...
...eavesdropping on a lawmaker's call, she said, "It's been an abuse of power: selective leaking of very sensitive investigative material for political purposes is wrong." Harman said she didn't remember with whom she spoke but subsequently told NPR that she's sure the person was a U.S. citizen. Congressional Quarterly, which broke the story on Monday, described the person as an "Israeli agent...