Word: genial
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...THOMAD, 69, founder of Wendy's International Inc., which has more than 6,000 stores worldwide; in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Named for one of Thomas' daughters, the chain took on McDonald's with square patties ("at Wendy's we don't cut corners"), chocolate frosties and baked potatoes. The genial Thomas was its pitchman in more than 800 television spots. DIED. ALEXANDER PROKHOROV, 85, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in inventing laser technology; in Moscow. Prokhorov's contribution created a whole new realm of science: optical technology. DIED. WANG RUOSHUI, 75, Chinese intellectual banned...
...defense, but for the most part, the queries sounded more like valedictories. "Without question, General Powell's experience at the highest levels of government... makes him well qualified to be secretary of state," enthused Senator Joe Biden. No one doubts Powell will win confirmation, especially after a hearing so genial it moved CNN's national correspondent to remark, "I imagine there's someone standing at the door saying, 'Welcome to the Love Boat...
...later life, Schulz joked that he looked like a druggist. Genial, smiling, with straight white teeth and a head of silver hair, he dressed modestly in muted slacks and pastel golf sweaters. He stood a trim five feet eleven and a half inches ("I never quite got to six feet") and liked to sprawl after work in a big blue leather easy chair, his long legs pointing straight at the TV set. "People say 'Where do you get your ideas?'" he once recalled, "because they look at me and they think, Surely this man could never think of anything funny...
...course, most of all this debate was about preparation. After a debate in which he repeatedly got downright testy with the aggressive Gore - who returned to his pushy, interjecting Round 1 roots - Bush closed with genial closing remarks he was determined, come hell or high dudgeon, to give. (And who doesn't think his closing "good luck" to Gore wasn't planned?) Like his opponent, he trawled to his questioners for eye contact, hoping for that decisive, Clintonian, feel-your-pain moment...
...Exposure ripoff? Try "improvement." Instead of precious magic realism and urban condescension, it radiates a loving optimism and goodwill toward its Midwestern goofs. Surprisingly, this sweet comedy comes from the crusty David Letterman (through his company Worldwide Pants). Dave's involvement is limited, but Ed deftly captures the genial, absurd side--the sunny underbelly--of his humor, as when a friend bets Ed, apropos of nothing, that he can't meow loud enough to make an old man turn around...