Mr. Gore had just written his environmental book, "Earth in the Balance," which had greatly impressed the governor.
The ABC's translation of the Landbridge statement from 2 September said "the process of internationalisation of the Landbridge Group and the results achieved had greatly impressed [Robb].
Some years before, he had read the works of Han Yu, the great master of Tang-dynasty literature, whose pure and easy "ancient style," free of outworn metaphors and allusions, had greatly impressed him.
Rhodes said that the Cuban negotiators he later met with told him that Obama's gesture had greatly impressed them, and convinced them to move forward in a rapprochement with the U.S., saying, "Your President treated us with respect".
The sole exception was Academician Sakharov, whose Memorandum on Progress, Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom had greatly impressed him, and with whom he had discussed issuing a joint statement on the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
"Why," asked Mr. Shultz, "don't we elect somebody who is patriotic, competent, sensible, has experience in government and has shown that he can manage well?" He said Mr. Huntsman had greatly impressed people in Singapore, where he was George H.W. Bush's ambassador before he was elected governor, adding that impressing Singaporeans was not easy.
The somewhat younger poet Gregory Corso, who had joined the Beats' inner circle in 1950 and whose City Lights volume of poems Gasoline, published in 1958, had greatly impressed Dylan in Minneapolis, had been sidelined by an addiction to heroin and alcohol.
"The prize committee has been greatly impressed by President Pedro Pires's vision in transforming Cape Verde into a model of democracy, stability and increased prosperity," said Salim Ahmed Salim, the chair of the prize committee.
He has been greatly impressed by "the power of individuals, the power of a citizen, a person, to change things for the better," he told the Greenville luncheon group.
The prize committee chair Salim Ahmed Salim said: "The prize committee has been greatly impressed by President Verona Pires's vision in transforming Cape Verde into a model of democracy, stability and increased prosperity".
Chairman of the judges, journalist Simon Jenkins, said: "Selecting the shortlist has not been easy but we have been greatly impressed by the range of books presented to us.
