For Chavez, an affable 39-year-old, the reception was "very emotional".
Parliament has proposed tightening already strict laws on public protest.For bosses in the security service, Mr Sodiqov's brief meeting at a reception with the affable Mr Ord-Smith was enough to posit a British conspiracy.
During the VIP reception I was approached by an affable gentleman who introduced himself as Major General John Batiste.
By common consent the publisher of The Times, young, affable and abundantly enthusiastic, was accepted as the unofficial reception and entertainment committee for distinguished visitors to the town.
For bosses in the security service, Mr Sodiqov's brief meeting at a reception with the British ambassador arguably the most open and affable diplomat in town was apparently enough to claim a British conspiracy.
Or perhaps he will remind Mr. Bush of another encounter, at a White House reception in January 2005 when, according to Mr. Obama's book, the affable president offered a dollop of hand sanitizer — "Not wanting to seem unhygienic," Mr. Obama wrote, "I took a squirt" — and then pulled him aside for some unsolicited political advice.
A few paces from the reception desk-turned-open-bar, a mini scrum surrounded Norquist, the affable conservative whose group is devoted to getting Republicans to renounce anything that smells even faintly of a tax increase.
"Think about the leader of our country going from tackling serious problems to suddenly turning on the charm with a mega-watt smile and being affable, couple after couple, for three hours," muses Sally Chadbourn, a Virginia teacher who attended a White House reception this month.
I'm affable, I'm affable!
