Word: cordial
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...meeting in the Roosevelt Room that included Nancy-Ann DeParle, the Administration's lead health-care official, Joshua DuBois, head of the White House faith-based office, and John Carr, executive director of the USCCB's Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development. Both sides characterize the encounter as cordial and felt there was room for agreement on the main Catholic priorities: providing conscience protections for health-care workers and institutions that object to abortion; guaranteeing that abortion coverage was not mandated; and preventing federal funding of abortion...
...sensitive issues. The U.S. has accused China of manipulating its currency to unfairly promote exports, while China has openly called for the replacement of the U.S. dollar as the world's premier currency. But with so much at stake, the two nations have tried to keep their rapport cordial. In July, U.S. President Barack Obama called for "cooperation, not confrontation" with China...
...facts forward,” said Arun A. Viswanath ’13, who studied in the West Bank before coming to Harvard. “Both have the same interest in mind.” Ari R. Hoffman ’11 said he appreciated the passionate but cordial dialogue that stayed focused on the substantive issues of American policy in the Middle East. “It was good to see such opposite ends of the political spectrum unite around the love of Israel,” he said. —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang...
Most Presidents also get more cards than they know what to do with. When Teddy Roosevelt turned 50 on Oct. 27, 1908, messenger boys flooded the White House throughout the day bearing letters of congratulation from all over the globe. (England's King Edward VII sent his "cordial congratulations.") On cousin Franklin's 52nd birthday in 1934, 100,000 telegrams poured into the White House. One was 1,280 ft. long and signed by 40,000 people. It took two days to transmit and two messengers to carry. (See TIME's White House photo blog...
...grumbling in the Israeli press that Obama has gone too far the other way, supposedly granting concessions to Palestinians that are "unfair" to Israelis. The Israeli press made much of the fact that Obama's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington last week seemed much more cordial than Obama's strained encounter earlier with Netanyahu. A cartoon in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth showed Obama and Abbas laughing chummily while throwing darts at Netanyahu's portrait...