Such courtesies may soon get in the way of the swift, unpopular decisions Mr. Orr is expected to make, as many expect the meet-and-greet phase of his tenure to quickly come to a close.
With further contributions by Rebecca Bird and Margaret Lee, Beth Brideau and Ann Craven, Yvette Brackman and Anja Krabbe, Simon Aldridge and Millree Hughes, Ellen Takata and Kent Henricksen, the show offers multiple definitions of light-touch camaraderie, which is one way to greet a powered-down phase of the art season.
Still young enough to enjoy being a couple again and, starting what can be the best phase of their relationship together, mom and dad greet the return of a child, now an adult, with mixed feelings.
It was perhaps inevitable that the endless cycle of sequels, prequels and reboots would finally enter a phase that took into account the snark that greets every new incarnation of the old.
But as we see more cloud startups entering the IPO phase, it's reasonable to ask how Wall Street will greet them.
Puzzled, scared, and embarrassed, we passed on through to the next phase of the nightmare as the happy family warmly greeted the next clot of gamers.
Phase one of the Safer Patients Initiative (SPI1) was generally greeted enthusiastically at the strategic level (blunt end) in participating hospitals.
One possibility is that Javits would be expanded only to the Quill garage on 40th Street, until a second phase could start sometime in the future, a move that Javits supporters greet with dismay.
The nuclear deal struck in Vienna was greeted with street parties in Iran, as Rouhani hailed the start of a new phase in international relations.
The debate, rather than any contempt, that greeted the creation of Islamic State (Isis) showed that Islamic militancy had entered a new phase.
