If your relationship with the old ones was cordial, you may view the newcomers with trepidation, or even distrust.
"It's a wonderfully refreshing view in cordial terms of what were remarkably turbulent times," he said.
"We had a cordial, frank exchange of views on all aspects of India and Pakistan relations.
While the two "still have a cordial relationship," Allred's views have grown stronger.
Last month in Slovenia Mr. Bush surprised even his closest advisers by transforming his initial meeting with Mr. Putin from a starched, carefully scripted exchange of views into a cordial and informal conversation.
She grew up in Pulaski, Tenn., and although several of Heidi's teachers offer tidy views on the cordial relations among races, her husband, John, observes: "The racism there, they keep it hidden".
The BBC was once New Labour's friend, not because of any sinister conspiracy, but because the people who work in its news and current-affairs departments mostly share a soft-left world-view: instinctive statism, cordial anti-capitalism, and bien-pensant liberal internationalism.
The vice president's press aide, Jim Kennedy, later called the meeting "cordial" and said Mr. Gore viewed it as a chance to "demonstrate that this is a country where we put aside our differences after a long and difficult campaign and join together in support of the person who will be the next president".
"We disagree, and I would guess from our point of view we would hope to have a cordial relationship".
By G. Schwabe The New Yorker, December 29 , 1928P. 55 The cordial invitation to play bridge, and the hurried excuses when you View Article By Larissa MacFarquhar By Rivka Galchen By Malcolm Gladwell By Blythe Roberson.
