Word: simpatico
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...violence that offended so many Muslims. Indeed, this may very well turn out worse. The Pope's biggest problem will be neither Jewish leaders' hurt feelings (which he has already begun to heal) nor the outrage of liberal Catholics (with whom Benedict was never going to be truly simpatico). Instead, for the first time in his papacy, Benedict has risked alienating his own base. (See a graphic of Pope Benedict's spheres of influence...
...last remaining loyal allies of George W. Bush, Berlusconi may worry that his influence could wane under an Obama presidency. And he may reason that the only response is to try to be the most 'simpatico'(likeable) ally on the world stage, even if it means a few jokes that backfire...
...also believe that Manny was in some ways simpatico to Time, even or especially in its early maturity. Both he and the Luce publication favored wordplay, luscious similes, extreme verbal concision (e.g., a string of adjectives without an "and" before the last one), abrupt shifts of tone, with gags that interrupted the serious analysis - all in the aid of entertaining as well as enlightening or pushing an agenda, and in recognition that getting people to read a magazine required a measure of variety-showmanship. Manny's earlier writing had many of these qualities (as well as many others that Time...
...debt of $98.6 billion. As De la Madrid recently warned, ''Dead men don't pay debts.'' Last week the country scrambled to avoid a financial collapse. The Central Bank intervened in currency markets to push the peso back to 660. De la Madrid appeared on TV, stronger and more simpatico than usual, to allay doubts about his wavering government. Paul Volcker, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, made a secret trip to Mexico to try to expedite a loan package for the roughly $6 billion that the country needs to continue servicing its foreign debt. Though a rescue loan...
...president needs to have a provost who’s completely simpatico," Hyman says. "You know, I understand that...