The two-day visit ended on a cordial note.
Their friendship is demonstrated in the phone call, which becomes warmer and more relaxed the longest it goes on, and ends on a distinctly cordial note.
The meeting ended on a relatively cordial note, but that did not change Barofsky's assessment of the meeting: "It was the weirdest meeting of my life".
The new legislation represents the culmination of a battle between Hickenlooper and national gun rights advocacy groups that began on a cordial note, but ended acrimoniously on both sides.
In its cordial tone, the handwritten note could be any warmhearted missive sent from one pen pal to another.
In today's meetings, the leaders of the European Union seemed intent on starting their relationship on a respectful note, using a studiously cordial tone and carefully measured words.
But The Hollywood Reporter said the academy had received "a cordial, handwritten note" from Mr. Godard, the pioneering French New Wave director, indicating that he might make the trip.
Mr. Lantos characterized the visit as "cordial" and noted that he and Mr. Leach met at length with several top North Korean officials, including the country's top nuclear negotiator, Kim Kye Gwan; the foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun; and Gen. Li Chan Bok of the North Korean Army.
"There is obviously negotiations under way with a number of countries and we need to make sure at the same time that we have these discussions about arrangements that may be entered into, that it doesn't create a pull factor to recommence," he said, noting "cordial discussions" with Indonesia, Nauru and Malaysia.
However, informal talks ended last week, apparently on a cordial but unproductive note.
The note was cordial and succinct, written in stilted English.
