As he later recalled in his foreword to the published screenplay, "Kubrick and I, at his Universal City studio, debated in an amiable battle of suggestion and countersuggestion how to adapt the novel.
As he later recalled in his foreword to the published screenplay, "Kubrick and I, at his Universal City studio, debated in an amiable battle of suggestion and countersuggestion how to cinemize the novel.
In this past campaign, Al Gore and George W. Bush delivered the speeches on diplomacy that are still required in order to scale Mount Gravitas, and in their second debate they engaged in a blurry, amiable 45-minute discussion of foreign affairs.
Ronald Reagan's amiable "There you go again" riposte in his 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter is credited with reassuring voters that he was not the fierce ideologue some feared.
A voice called out: "Me neither!" Everyone laughed at how ghastly it would be to have multiple Jim Talents infesting the planet.In the flesh, Mr Talent is amiable but an awkward speaker: on the stump after the debate he had to remind his audience to clap.
I haven't always seen eye to eye with all the awards, and the impassioned debate between judges is in marked contrast to the amiable civility of, say, the Booker prize.
Given the choice between the pious smarty-pants and the amiable idler, Americans may prefer the latter -- unless the debates show that his idling has left him grossly unprepared.
Before long there was a good-natured debate, tinged with a little desperation on both sides, and amiable apologies from Mr. Hamdan.
According to Patrick Hamilton of Beyond Cosplay, the heated discussion is part of a wider debate concerning right and wrong behavior at places where cosplayers, generally an amiable bunch, like to hang out and enjoy their badass and often attention-grabbing costumes.
A few hours before, an amiable billionaire stood on the fringes of a huge audience and listened to a serious debate on the topic "Freedom of Speech and Expression".
