Liz Marshall: I had always been sympathetic to the issue, and interested in exploring it, but very, very preoccupied for years with one project after the next focusing on human-rights issues, and then, more recently, on environmental-rights issues.
As Airtex considered production in Vietnam and elsewhere, it became concerned about safety and quality issues — and increasingly interested in the American alternative.
In a statement released after the meeting with Mr. Obama, Mr. Pickens said that the senator "was very engaged" in their discussion and that he "understands the issues and is interested and excited by the work we are doing".
Our findings, while not generalizable, suggest that investigators involved in human microbiome research were sensitive to these issues, and were interested in locating effective strategies to inform and protect the public.
A new generation of Canadians both inside and outside Quebec seemed less concerned with the sovereignty issue and more interested in the opportunities that had emerged with NAFTA and its resultant prosperity.
Later, in a huddle farther down the hall, they remarked on how the aide seemed knowledgeable about refugee issues and compassionate and interested in what they had to say.
Those audiences have tended to be knowledgeable about the issue and more interested about the issue in the first place because of their underlying values.
Like Father Drinan, Father Cornell took liberal views on most issues and was particularly interested in welfare reform and benefits for veterans of the Vietnam War.
Mr. Shea said he did not connect with Mr. Kerry "on a personal level," but liked his judgment on issues and became more interested in him a few weeks ago.
This seems to have gone down badly with young people, who are generally more liberal than their parents on social issues and are not interested in squabbles that started before they were born.
