Bush's message did nothing to endear him to the likes of the Saudis and the Egyptians.
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Meanwhile, Governor Romney is trying to endear himself to the fossil fuel industries.
The company has pushed hard to endear itself to New Yorkers, most recently sponsoring a new outdoor rollerskating rink below the High Line park.
Whatever the truth about his fondness for women, Mr Estrada seems to have few qualities to endear him to the influential Roman Catholic church.
Not exactly the way to endear yourself to the paying customers.
As events in Serbia make clear, concessions made to endear ourselves to ruthless dictators generally have the effect of not only legitimating but emboldening them.
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And Sasha, you know, I think maybe to endear myself to her, she decided she wanted to join a basketball team, so what more could I want?
The simple fact that I tried to speak French first seemed to endear me to the hotel staff and the many other Parisians with whom I interacted.
Reports that Mr Giscard d'Estaing had demanded a hefty wage for the post, plus expenses and a lavish hotel room, did little to endear him to his opponents.
They lose opportunities to endear themselves to audiences new and old, and instead reaffirm the stigma that they are managed by out-of-touch corporate drones just looking to turn a buck.
He has also taken the trouble to endear himself to the Vatican (and to the Christian Democratic group within the government coalition) by these days going more often to mass and by remarrying, in church, his strong-minded journalist wife.
The former judge quickly showed his commitment to reform by unraveling some of the hidden but deeply embedded graft in Seoul's defense and weapons-purchase programs, a move that did little to endear him to that important sector of the Korean establishment.
Along with such legislative action as tax cuts, Bush's move toward reliance on privatization and community charity to provide assistance to the state's poor could endear him to conservatives in 2000.
On the other hand they are eminently recyclable, meaning that they should not have to be replaced that often (which might also endear them to environmentalists, as discarded conventional solvents can be serious pollutants).
And the limp end to his Australian Open title defence in January this year, when he retired in the fourth set of his quarter-final against Roddick in searing heat due to "cramping and soreness", did not endear him to many.
Here, the queen would often dress in simple clothes and pretend to live as a peasant (a fact that did not endear her to the local population).
Stanford, the extrovert Texan billionaire who arrived at Lord's by helicopter to negotiate arrangements for his Twenty20 tournament with the England and Wales Cricket Board, did not endear himself to the England players.
Excitable bouts of windbreaking will not endear you to a girl, just to pick one example.
This does not endear Latinos to some African-Americans, many of whom have trouble finding work.
The very qualities of Mr McCain that infuriate Republican loyalists endear him to independents.
Mr Boozman is seen as the establishment candidate, which may not endear him to the tea-party folk.
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Hence moments like the goofy celebration, which will rattle the purists but endear them to their fans.
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Not much else in the book will endear it to Chinese officials or to Chinese nationalists, for that matter.
Those moves helped endear him to many of the city's more liberal voters.
This week's White Paper on competitiveness will not endear him to old enemies.
Going into alliance with a Khmer Rouge splinter group led by Ta Mok will hardly endear him to the West.
He did not endear himself to George Bush by switching his support to John McCain during the Republican presidential primaries.
There was a sense of humility about William Martin that could endear him to people, but which others saw as weakness.
His comments won't endear him to the boss but perhaps reflect the frustration felt by the lack of clarity on this issue.
He cut costs there, which did not particularly endear him to staff.
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