At his swearing-in in 2009, the Democrats enjoyed comfortable majorities in the House and the Senate and Mr Obama himself basked in a worldwide sunshower of goodwill.
When Lowe went live he was quick to stress the outernational nature of the new 24-hour worldwide service and the goodwill messages coming from all over the globe.
"The Harlem Globetrotters are known worldwide as the Ambassadors of Goodwill, and we are proud to continue our storied heritage of entertaining families and breaking down social barriers worldwide," the Globetrotters' chief executive, Kurt Schneider, said in a statement.
Global economic forces, however, particularly in a worldwide downturn, demonstrate no "massive international goodwill".
Greater stability in this region would extend goodwill to the roughly 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide.
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, 14 July 2004 – The global sports network ESPN today honoured UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador George Weah with the prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his fearless work on behalf of children caught up in wars worldwide.
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, 3 December 2003 – UNICEF today marks 50 years of celebrity goodwill for children, honoring the global stars who for five decades have carried on a trail-blazing tradition of service that brings hope to hundreds of millions of children worldwide.
Seattle in this period attracted widespread attention as home to these many companies, but also by hosting the 1990 Goodwill Games and the APEC leaders conference in 1993, as well as through the worldwide popularity of grunge, a sound that had developed in Seattle's independent music scene.
