I've met a few eccentric people in my life who probably helped to inspire him, but I only realised quite recently that his bizarre way of talking – essentially making up terms of endearment – came from my mum.
For the past two weeks, those involved in the conference and onlookers alike have traded a variety of "I told you so" denunciations of the meeting; celebrations of its perceived collapse; and mild praise for the ability of nearly 200 nations to come together and, at the very least, agree to keep talking — essentially what the Copenhagen Accord accomplished.
The ministers will examine a compromise formula on Friday from the commission, leaving everything intact in the negotiating mandate but specifying three "red lines" which could not be changed during the trade talks, essentially meaning that nothing would change in the French regime.
Romney was talking, essentially, as a political strategist assessing the electoral map, and it is true that about half the country does not pay federal income taxes (they do pay payroll, state and local taxes), but his tone and the way he characterized the 47percentt were disdainful.
In the original draft where Amy was the only companion, Gaiman added a "heartbreaking monologue" by the character, further stating "you get to see what it's like to be the companion from the companion's point of view, and she got to talk about essentially in that version how sad it is, in some ways.
His officials show up at peace talks but essentially refuse to negotiate.
Israeli-Palestinian talks have essentially been frozen since the fall of 2008, although there have been numerous efforts by Washington to move them forward.
Meanwhile, the current NEC director, Gene Sperling, is spouting right-wing talking points, essentially claiming that you can do the opposite of what macro 101 says you should do, and the confidence fairy will make everything OK.
While the moral outrage against entering into discussions with such a brutal regime is understandable, if the corollary to "no talks" is essentially maintaining the status quo; that is no solution at all.
In the first volume of his memoirs, "The White House Years" (Little, Brown, 1979), Mr. Kissinger recalls Zhou as an "urbane, infinitely patient, extraordinarily intelligent, subtle" leader, and characterized their extensive talks as "essentially giving shape to intangibles of mutual understanding" between two nations isolated from each other for nearly 20 years.
