Word: genial
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...drama of operatic proportions, a thunderclap so loud that mere politics couldn't account for it. And Hillary Rodham Clinton may find that Giuliani's likely replacement, Long Island Congressman Rick Lazio, is a tougher opponent than Rudy would have been. Lazio is no titan, but he is young, genial, ethnic, Roman Catholic, suburban and unknown to most voters--just like George Pataki was when he whupped a titan named Mario Cuomo in New York's 1994 gubernatorial race. "Hillary was better off against Rudy," says Hank Sheinkopf, a New York media consultant who worked for Clinton-Gore...
...people say they hate the festival," he told TIME's Jeffrey Ressner, "I wonder why they bother to stay in show business." Cecil B. was typical of the American films premiering at Cannes this year. Ribald or sedate, they were all off-Hollywood. The Coen brothers offered a surprisingly genial odyssey, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, with a turn by George Clooney that taps all his reserves of seductive con-artistry. Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men) brought Nurse Betty, a dark comedy with Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman and high romantic spirits to match its high body count. James...
Reporters fall into the same trap. In his genial conversations with the press, McCain often seems a good deal more moderate than he actually is. He muses about helping the have-nots, but his policies tend to help the have-a-lots. He speaks of universal health care but offers no plan to get anywhere close. And reporters give him leeway because his reputation as a crusader for reform--someone who wants to "kick the big-money boys out of Washington"--is so disarming...