Quite to the contrary, I found him to be polished, engaging, warmly humorous, and humble -- in a recent interview, in fact, the Imam said that if 9/11 were to happen again, he'd want to be the first to die.
But this was a tough and engaged speech, warmly received.
WASHINGTON — For just under an hour on Tuesday night, Americans saw not the fiery and inspirational speaker who riveted the nation in his address to Congress last month, or the conversational president who warmly engaged Americans in talks across the country, or even the jaunty and jokey president who turned up on Jay Leno.
There's a rollicking charm to Another Country that's warmly engaging at its best; but of course, it wouldn't be a Rod Stewart album without a few irritations along the way.
The warmly engaging Ms. Reynolds has a big, booming singing voice, and she and McDaniel — the first African-American to win an Academy Award — "even favor in appearance," as she notes in the program.
Raaf makes interactive sculpture that warmly engages us while getting us to ponder bigger questions.
There is an intricate rendering of the ego here, but as with the best American verse there is also much more: A reason for being, for so warmly engaging the sensual hybridity of real and imagined worlds.
These parties are actively engaged in the political fabric of the nation and warmly welcomed as part of the recovery process.
The audience responded warmly to the production at the premiere, though Mr. Haneke, engaged by the Oscar festivities in Los Angeles, was not on hand to hear the cheers.
The company conquered London in 1933, engaged for three weeks at the old Alhambra Theatre, but received so warmly that the season lasted for four months.
