Although the country is small, it harbors a variety of decent research institutes and universities, and Dutch scientists, being a familiar and amiable presence in the labs of many other countries, serve as an advertisement.
Mr. Park comes across as amiable and energetic, and in a scene with his parents -- immigrants from South Korea who run a dry-cleaning business in Philadelphia -- we understand that he is harnessing the new economy in pursuit of a very old dream.
But Rosales -- whose store and amiable presence has been a staple in Cleveland for 54 years -- wasn't interested in pocketing any extra money when he closed his shop for the last time, The Plain Dealer reported.
To an outsider they seemed a vaguely slapstick crew, pear-shaped and amiable, decked out in terrible stag-do-style get-up.
Through 36 chapters, Gosnell, a former reporter for Newsweek and the author of "Zero Three Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane," writes in a clear and amiable manner about the gazillion different forms that ice takes and the varying effects it has on everything from dirt to fruits and vegetables, animals, people, planets and inanimate objects like airplane wings and bridges.
It has the potential to be aggressive, but Giant Schnauzers are usually reserved - they are "amiable in repose, and a commanding figure when aroused" Giant Schnauzers have been described as trustworthy with children.
In a professional and amiable culture, "your chances for using the power structure are much higher than if you're working in 'jerk city' " — his name for cultures where problematic people are everywhere.
Franz Ferdinand was described as "a simple and amiable man, but very passionate and, in anger, uncalculable".
With the possibility of an American attack on Iraq looming, people like Tanweer Ahmed, an amiable man in a cardigan sweater, has Western diplomats and Pakistani moderates worried.
But Ms. Woodard's friends and family find in her an enthusiastic and amiable aunt, godmother and general confidante.
He set the tone with a neighborly but precise 1940s-style diction, honed to amiable perfection in a second career as a voice-over artist.
