The building has a quasi-official atmosphere, a remnant of the years in which every Cuban enterprise was run by the government.
In other words, Mr. Gonzalez is being kept, as far as practicable, in an official Cuban atmosphere.
That means, at least amongst umpires and league officials, an atmosphere has existed where a gay umpire can do his job without issue for a substantial period.
One administration official called the atmosphere around the president's economic team "angry and morose".
It is difficult to assess the breadth of the dissension, but one official described the atmosphere as "chaotic, nervous and spreading".
The Burmese regime has somehow preserved the mechanics of totalitarianism — the censorship board, the secret police, the armed civilian thugs, the concentration of vast wealth in a few corrupt hands, the official xenophobia, the atmosphere of distrust — without the ideological vigor.
The book includes quotations from two former officials describing the atmosphere as hostile to women.
But officials said the atmosphere was still too fragile for full-fledged talks here.
Officials described the atmosphere between the two leaders as businesslike, though not necessarily warm.
During the aborted sale last year, Starrett City Associates had prohibited bidders from speaking with tenants or government officials, creating an atmosphere of distrust.
Over all, senior administration officials described the atmosphere between the lame-duck American president and the new Russian president as correct and businesslike, though not necessarily warm.
