To everyone's amazement on the ABC Wide World of Sports Thanksgiving Day Special, Jim McKay introduced the event with a smile, calling it ABC's early Christmas gift to its viewers.
He hurries over with a big smile, calls me by my name, tells me how excited he is that I'm finally ready to play.
"Pandit-ji was a name known to me when I was little passed the toddler stage," Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi said with a smile, calling Nehru by his popular nickname.
" 'Smile, Nola, Smile!' calls on New Yorkers to remember their proven capacity for achievement, the better to prepare for the hard work, the bitter choices, the probably unequal sacrifices that lie ahead".
Expanding the universe Of ballots and bail-outs The stings of Leon Prenuptial protection Beards behind bars The Ebola alarmists Ward Award ReprintsThe Republican Senate candidate in Colorado, a young, charismatic congressman with a Mona Lisa smile called Cory Gardner, calls Mr Udall a rubber stamp for Mr Obama.
But the most strident claims have come from Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who is a Sunni Arab, and the current president, Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish candidate, whose avuncular nature made him a compromise pick for a post even he, with a self-deprecating smile, called honorary.
So when the Kings advanced to the Campbell Conference finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the sports editor, desperate to fill a hole that was the journalistic equivalent of a gap-toothed smile, called me and asked, "Can you cover hockey?" I enthusiastically replied, "Of course!" It didn't matter that my knowledge of hockey could fit on a puck.
Let's face it, we are all more likely to give a gift or tip to someone that greets us with a friendly smile, calls us by name and is reliable and respectful.
Moran performs the feminist smile, calls it part of her standup routine, and says she suggested it for the cover of How to Be a Woman, but for some reason her publisher didn't go for it.
*Friendly welcoming was indicated if any of the following things occurred; a cheerful greeting with a smile, calling by names or shaking hands.
