Foreign envoys who have visited him have emerged alternately encouraged and frustrated.
In truth, when I finished the interview I found myself encouraged and frustrated in equal measures.
Vail says attendees can "expect to be encouraged, motivated, frustrated, enlightened -- anything but bored".
Rutgers, at 2-2 after a 14-7 home loss to Iowa that was equal parts encouraging and frustrating, do not place.
When your child becomes frustrated, encourage him/her to look to the future, not dwell on what he or she may have done wrong.
The Supreme Court should encourage, not frustrate, that enthusiasm when it hears a challenge today to a harsh voter identification law adopted by Indiana.
In the meantime, here's Neil Lennon's thoughts ahead of the game: Lennon insisted he was encouraged rather than frustrated by Celtic's performance in Astana, where they failed to convert a series of chances while giving away two cheap goals.
"It was a week that, man, to miss as many putts as I did this week, to still have a chance at the last green with a putt, it goes to show you how good I am hitting it," Woods said, slightly encouraged and slightly frustrated.
Just as it can build and encourage, it can frustrate and deter".
He is frustrated and encouraged at the same time.
