An amiable, slightly bohemian outdoor occasion, it's attended by Carmen's (straight) brother, Nick, who is stoned and in drag, and her (gay) sister, Alice, who disappears after the ceremony to have steamy sex with the other bridesmaid, the groom's sister, Maude.
NEVES is classic DS: a puzzler with an amiable learning curve that, on occasion, goes vertical.
Fewer than a dozen spectators watched an amiable game quickly escalate into an occasion for bickering, body checks, and racquet abuse.
A warm and amiable showman, with a remarkable sense of occasion as well as strategic opportunity, Chávez grew in ambition, and global stature, during the Bush years, in which Latin America was relegated to a back burner for Washington.
Murphy's deputy was Flying Officer (later Sir) Henry Winneke, who found his boss's companionship "exhilarating"—Murphy was "a product of the old school of airmen who could not only fly a plane but also pull it apart and put it together again", generally "amiable" but who "could act gruffly when the occasion demanded".
Yet, as he takes stock of his legacy, it is also an occasion for him and his peers to look at the amiable, all-around entertainer that he is and wonder if the sun is setting on that style of showmanship.
The two agencies have sought in public to portray themselves as amiable teammates, but they have also sparred over the lead role in the rebuilding process on several occasions over the last year.
Pragmatic and amiable, perhaps.
