Vivian was to be polite and helpful, in terms of offering water or coffee or directing them to the rest rooms in the hallway, but not overly solicitous and definitely not optimistic in any way.
The helpful, solicitous staff happily stows skis in a storage area and presents them efficiently on request.
Some of the dining room staff are not fluent in English, but their solicitous attitude is more than sufficient compensation.
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For example, a letter sent by Jeffrey Collins, the U.S. attorney in Detroit, to men from Middle Eastern and predominately Muslim countries in eastern Michigan, strikes a solicitous note.
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But he scored points by appearing extra-solicitous with his counterpart, behavior that is valued in the deeply Confucian traditional culture of both Koreas.
Kaufman notes that all the major officials involved in Knight's firing are gone and the ones in power now have been nothing but solicitous.
His mother, who travels with Lang even more than his father these days, is ever solicitous, carrying at least two bottles of water in her handbag at all times.
But my bank is very worried on my behalf and is very solicitous and keeps ringing me and would I go in and make an appointment to discuss buying some of their lovely financial products.
The Clinton administration is solicitous of union views, not least because Dick Gephardt, the Democratic leader in the House, uses any anti-union move to boost his presidential prospects at the expense of the vice-president's.
Many players say their twin helped keep them grounded, which is especially important in basketball, where standout players tend to be surrounded by sycophants, admirers and solicitous coaches from a young age.
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Bill Clinton, by contrast, was so inventively solicitous of the rich that he was accused falsely, he insisted of auctioning off sleepovers in the Lincoln Bedroom.
But what matters more is that this kind of behavior on LinkedIn in which young female professionals are targeted by men trolling for dates, casual encounters or just sending solicitous messages is becoming something close to the new normal.
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