Time is not on the affable Mr Sullivan's side.

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He has hired a new, affable spokesman and is courting foreign journalists for the first time.

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"In fact I've gone out of my way time and again to point out that he's a perfectly affable fellow, and he's not stupid and he's not mean, " she says.

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Probst is best known as the affable, multiple-Emmy-winning host of the long-running CBS prime time reality show, Survivor.

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Rockwell is among the most lively and affable of current stars: a good thing, too, given the amount of time he spends onscreen, and the loneliness with which he has to contend.

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