Friends describe Garner, 64, as rumpled and genial, a man who insists on being called Jay, not General.
The Arab spring will pass into another summer and whether it will be long and parched or a genial transition to mellow fruitfulness will depend on how healthy a balance can be achieved between the conflicting goals and expectations of numerous players.
His profile rose with it, and he came to be seen, in some eyes, as more Woody Allen than Gordon Gekko--a genial, funny, regular guy whose self-deprecating style masked a sharp intensity and a knack for nasty infighting when necessary.
At a reporter's mention of illicit catches, Joo Siang, whose conversation is otherwise given to genial joshing with a big laugh, becomes impatient, his foot tapping restlessly.
In his first outing as a national political figure, Mr Ryan looked like his old self: a sinewy, genial figure who charmed the crowds in a checked shirt, jeans and cowboy boots.
The king, a genial Anglophile who went to Sandhurst, is appalled and slightly baffled by events.
The body, as she saw it now, was certainly skinny but more wasted than boyish, affecting a genial slouch.
Mr Burton, a genial ex-teacher of physical education, remains upbeat about the north-east.
Mr Klaven has a genial and easy manner, which helps when leading congregations he may only see once or twice each year.
Richie Byrne, a genial forty-nine-year-old who wears relaxed jeans and untucked shirttails, has been with the show since it began, in 2009.
To that, Mr. Sahhaf added a genial word of advice for reporters.
The result is a genial variety show that could use more variety.
After his eight-year run as Taylor, the actor tried to break out of his mold as a genial father figure with mixed success.
Jim Carrey plays Truman Burbank, a genial insurance agent who lives with his chronically nice wife, Meryl (Laura Linney), in the town of Seahaven.
When an abrasive, right wing Republican chairman of a powerful Senate committee tries to run as a genial, moderate outsider his failure is pre-ordained.
At FORBES ASIA's mention of illicit catches, Joo Siang, whose conversation is otherwise given to genial joshing with a big laugh, becomes impatient, his foot tapping restlessly.
Taste with them at HQ, then head out with driver Said Jarrar, a genial man who homes-in on tiny, off-the-map wineries, and knows the gate code when you get there.
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It is the site of the dryly entitled but fascinating Laboratory for Communication Between Humans and Interactive Media, which is the domain of a genial, enthusiastic professor called Clifford Nass who studies how people and machines get on, particularly when the machines talk to the people.
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Four years ago, when then presidential candidate Barack Obama picked Delaware senator Joe Biden as his running mate, it seemed to be a case of an intellectual, analytical senator, lawyer, and academician with lots of gravitas wanting a genial, unrehearsed, speak-your-mind kind of political partner to balance the scale.
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The motion for the Humble Address is proposed by a senior and seconded by a junior government MP - "a genial old codger on the way out, and an oily young man on the make" as the former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell put it, when he was the junior MP in question.
He's 63, and a familiar and genial presence as the co-host of ABC's Good Morning America.
Mr. Immelt is a pleasant and genial man.
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Others gave voice to their admiration for Reagan, a conservative lion whose genial personality often transcended partisan politics.
Angry leftists can complain all they want about Roger Ailes and his evil spawn, Fox News, but Ailes has a genius for picking genial TV hosts.
Certainly in style: Thompson is folksy, genial and he knows how to work a camera.
Whether the tourists were content with their overall series victory, it was a surprise to see Smith, not a man noted for his genial disposition on the field, laughing merrily while England's openers flourished.
After we sued, the case was reassigned to a deputy attorney general, a man who struck us as genial but not formidable.
In almost everything he does, Oldham radiates a kind of resignation that can be either genial or despairing.
These are small points in the face of a meal that manages to be both refined and genial, earnest but not precious.
It can be seen in numerous shots as the ever-less-genial Uncle Charlie shuttles around town one step ahead of suspicions that he is a serial killer.
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