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We felt that we hadn't exploited our limited stay with maximum suavity.

She's so effusive about his charm and suavity that it makes Han deeply insecure.

The youngish new foreign minister displayed a suavity that was absent a dozen years ago.

With implausible suavity, "Brazzaville Beach" (1991) interwove its characters' motivations with the study of primate evolution.

Unlike President Trump, I see no beauty in the Robert E. Lee monument, with its bland neo-Classical suavity.

In another, small groups, which she calls "schools of fish" crisscross the stage, sashaying with the suavity (if not the loucheness) of Fosse dancers.

Fontana seized upon that note of insolent suavity at a time in Italy of economic boom and cultural éclat—most brilliantly evident, of course, in film.

If Mr. Rossi's unflappable suavity was standard operating procedure for a comedy team's straight man, Mr. Allen's childlike mix of innocence and insanity was something new.

What is beyond doubt is the scheming suavity with which Huppert arms her character; seldom has the famous French moue been put to such withering use.

The retro-futurist production design is gorgeously awful, the cast is awfully gorgeous, and the dystopian setting is explored with an appropriately Ballardian blend of suavity and aggression.

Powell, with his clipped mustache, his deep voice, his invariable suit, tie, and hat, and his perfect indifference to everything but Myrna Loy, was a generation's ideal of American suavity.

And although recent set lists haven't had room for every last hit, they have included more than enough to satisfy fans of Ms. Carey's vocal bravado and Mr. Richie's unflappable suavity.

Mistry first conceived Juhu Beach Club as an ode to Indian street eats and comfort foods you'd find from vendors on its eponymous beach in Mumbai, reimagined with a hint of suavity.

In place of the raw archaic potency of Homer's epics, which seems to dissolve the millennia between his heroes and us, Virgil's densely allusive poem offers an elaborately self-conscious "literary" suavity.

For two weeks, Film Society patrons will be crying "Marcello!" like the women in "La Dolce Vita" (Saturday and May 2660): This retrospective on the career of Marcello Mastroianni has suavity to burn.

There was an unexpected suavity to "Rogue Nation," thanks to the tuxedos, the snatches of Puccini, and the stride of the plot, which suggested that saving the world might yet be achieved in style.

Daniel Craig's pre-James Bond combination of suavity and brutality was a perfect fit for Lord Asriel — Pullman's answer to Milton's Satan — and Nicole Kidman's chilly glamour played beautifully for elegant, withholding Mrs. Coulter.

But this island's overseer, called Mr. Roarke as he was on television, is played by Michael Peña in a mild misterioso vibe, in contrast with the kitsch suavity of his original portrayer, Ricardo Montalbán.

Mr. Moore exerted himself heroically, grappling with villains atop a moving train, chasing them down ski slopes or into outer space, his unflappable suavity accompanied by an occasional smirk or upward twitch of the eyebrow.

There is only one occasion I can think of where it might work: at a Pokémon tournament, where the person delivering the line has an obscene amount of suavity and confidence, and the person receiving has a weakness for terrible puns.

Elba's years paying his dues on prestige TV series like The Wire and Luther, not to mention his general suavity and charm, have made him a beloved favorite of the internet for years, and he has been the people's James Bond since 2008.

We spoke with Egypt over the phone after his car broke down en route to our interview, and even without his physical presence, he commands attention: Every syllable exudes the kind of confidence and suavity only afforded to actors playing James Bond.

Taking in the painting's scale (it is six feet high by five feet wide) and the sensitive suavity of its brushwork (a tissue of touches, each a particular decision), I decided that artist and sitter had achieved a mind meld, to buoyant effect.

There is no denying that Mr. Bonello, whose previous films include "House of Pleasures" (a prurient peek behind the scenes at an early-20th-century bordello) and "Saint Laurent" (a salacious tour of '70s couture), possesses cinematic skill and suavity to spare.

In his memoir, Ben Bradlee, The Post's longtime editor — winningly played by Tom Hanks with macho suavity and an on-and-off Boston accent — devotes four times as much space to Watergate (a story that his paper did break) as to the Pentagon Papers.

Confusion was but food for his smiles, importunity but increased his suavity.

Steffani stands somewhat apart from contemporary Italian composers (e.g., Alessandro Scarlatti) in his mastery of instrumental forms. His opera overtures, etc., show a remarkable combination of Italian suavity with a logical conciseness of construction attributable to French influence.

He attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1647 and Gray's Inn from 1648 and was noted as "very well versed in every kind of learning, but especially distinguished by the suavity of his manners".Visitation of Suffolk ed. Metcalfe, 19, 128Blomefield, Norfolk x. 109CSP Dom.

Raft signed a contract with Paramount in March 1932. The following month he was cast in a supporting role for Madame Racketeer (1932) – contemporary reports referred to his "menacing suavity". He was announced for Ladies of the Big House with Sylvia Sidney and Gene Raymond.

Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, said of Condell that "Pat Condell is unique. Nobody can match his extraordinary blend of suavity and savagery. With his articulate intelligence he runs rings around the religious wingnuts that are the targets of his merciless humour. Thank goodness he is on our side".

Carlo Bergonzi was touching and elegant in Luisa Miller. Alfredo Kraus amazed with his suavity and staying power as Werther and Hoffmann. Raymond Gniewek played an exquisite violin solo in I Lombardi. Catherine Malfitano and Dwayne Croft provided one of the evening's most successful passages of authentic music drama in a pyrexic scene from Eugene Onegin.

Ebert thought the cultural context of their relationship was well established, but that it essentially existed as a convenience of the plot, to set up the unlikely conclusion. Mark Strong's performance was mentioned by several critics, with Scott calling it "a marvel of exotic suavity and cool insinuation" while Ebert "particularly admired" his aura of suave control.

William C. Hunter wrote about Jardine, "He was a gentleman of great strength of character and of unbounded generosity." Hunter's description of Matheson was, "He was a gentleman of great suavity of manner and the impersonation of benevolence." But there were similarities in both men. Both men were hardworking, driven and single-minded in their pursuit of wealth.

Los Angeles Times 18 Apr 1932: 11 George Raft was cast later that month.Raft's Suavity Utilized in Film Los Angeles Times 17 Apr 1932: B20. Raft had recently signed a long term contract with Paramount off the back of his strength of his work in Scarface but that film had not gone into wide release yet. Numerous retakes were done after the film was completed.

Urbanity ur·ban·i·ty /ˌərˈbanitē/ may refer to suavity, courteousness, and refinement of manner, or to urban life. It represents characteristics, personality traits, and viewpoints associated with cities and urban areas. People who can be described as having urbanity are sometimes referred to as citified. The word is related to the Latin urbanitas with connotations of refinement and elegance, the opposite of rusticus, associated with the countryside.

The result, therefore, depended on the view which the primus would take. He threw in his lot with the reformers, and composed many heated debates by his courtly suavity and excellent knowledge of business. The new financial body thus formed, known as the Representative Church Council, has been so successful as to justify his action. Eden was perhaps a better primus than diocesan bishop.

He established himself as a painter in Milan, where he taught at the Brera Academy. He exhibited a tryptich of the Madonna at the Biennale in Venice of 1897.History of modern Italian Art, Ashton Rollins Willard, page 486. Described as having a mystic suavity and spiritual grace The Italy of the Italians, By Helen Zimmern, page 117 many of his painters center upon an emotive representation of motherhood.

Also, one of the trustees of the Groton Academy, and the first president of the board. He was in stature full six feet in height, somewhat corpulent, and possessed and ever practiced a peculiar suavity and politeness of manners, and a gentlemanly deportment, which strongly endeared him to the people, always commanding esteem and respect. He and Lydia Baldwin were wed in 1756. Three of their seven children died in an epidemic of 1765/6.

He was renowned for his exquisite legato singing as well as for his crisp diction, limpid tone, precise intonation, and virtuosic mastery of ornaments and fioriture. While not huge, his voice was of penetrating character, making a consistently positive impression in such large theatres as the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. It always moved with exemplary suppleness, allowing him to execute flawless trills and rapid scale passages with remarkable precision and suavity.

The word Schadenfreude can be translated as glee or spitefulness, but most often it doesn't serve a malicious purpose. A more fitting translation is "the fun of seeing others struggling". Often the protagonist of such jokes is thrown into a dilemma, where he or she has to ignore the German sense of suavity in order to get out of a specific situation. In one sketch the well-known comedian Loriot, the protagonist tries to get rid of a banana skin.

Pavarotti mostly eschewed embellishments – a couple of straightforward trills that he did attempt came across as somewhat feeble. Nevertheless, he sang with a degree of aristocratic suavity that was suitable for a sovereign, "and if he slid into tones occasionally, there was no denying that a major voice was on display". Peter G. Davis reviewed the production from which the film derived in New York on 1 November 1982. Its only merits, he wrote, were its use of a musicologically judicious score and James Levine's pointed conducting.

13 A third stated, "his music flows on with the alternate suavity, passion and grace characteristic of modern Italian composers" (The Morning Post).The Morning Post, 6 September 1897, p. 3 A recurrent theme in criticisms of Leoni's music was that it was not strikingly individual: "Mr Leoni's score is throughout melodious, dramatically appropriate, well and picturesquely orchestrated … the composer's chief fault at present is his excellent memory [for] the works of Dvořák, Mascagni, Wagner, Bizet.""Her Majesty's Theatre", The Observer, 5 September 1897, p.

He died at Lincoln, 24 March 1731–2, and was buried in the retrochoir of the cathedral, by the side of his father. His only daughter, Susanna, who had nursed him assiduously, followed him to the grave in little more than a month, 27 April, and was buried in the same grave in which his wife, Dinah, was also buried, 4 September 1734. His monument bears a very lengthy epitaph, which describes him as a man of great suavity of disposition and beneficence, a cultured and popular preacher, and of some success as an author.

Nina van Gorkom explains: :According to the Dhammasangani (par 44, 45) this pair of cetasikas consist in suavity, smoothness and absence of rigidity. The Atthasālinī (I, Book I, Part IV, Chapter I, 130) states: : They have the characteristic of suppressing the rigidity of mental factors and of consciousness; the function of crushing the same in both; the manifestation or effect of setting up no resistance; and have mental factors and consciousness as proximate cause. They are the opponents of the corruptions, such as opinionatedness (diṭṭhi) and conceit which cause mental rigidity.

The Southern Cross referred to him upon his death as "one of the most popular members of the House", "one of the ablest debaters in the House", and a member "greatly respected for his unfailing courtesy and suavity of manner". Leader of the Opposition Robert Homburg, a political opponent, stated "the district of West Torrens will search for many years before it will find a more able representative than the late Mr. Hourigan". A public fund was taken up to purchase a house and provide for his wife and children.

Odalisque with Slave (1842), oil on canvas, 76 x 105 cm, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore Ingres's style was formed early in life and changed comparatively little.Arikha 1986, p. 5. His earliest drawings, such as the Portrait of a Man (or Portrait of an unknown, 3 July 1797, now in the Louvre) already show a suavity of outline and an extraordinary control of the parallel hatchings which model the forms. From the first, his paintings are characterized by a firmness of outline reflecting his often-quoted conviction that "drawing is the probity of art".

"As he ripened in years and experience" it continues, "he came to be regarded as one of the most influential in the borough and for a long period the firm, which he in the course of time rose to be chief, has had an influential and extensive practice". But as well as paying tribute to his "ripe knowledge and shrewd judgement", the obituarist somewhat unusually comments that "in his intercourse with others Mr Dibb was not remarkable for his suavity". This suggests a degree of Yorkshire bluntness which colours the rather austere impression which his bust conveys.

In his New York Times review, Andre Sennwald called it a "sleek, witty and engaging entertainment". Noting the similarities to the previous year's The Thin Man (also starring Powell as a debonaire detective), however, Sennwald concluded "it is never quite as satisfying as its illustrious predecessor." Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene also drew comparisons between the film's craftsmanship and that of The Thin Man (as well as The Trunk Mystery), describing Star of Midnight as "a light, quick, sophisticated comedy ... all suavity and amusement, pistol-shots and cocktails". (reprinted in: ) The film was popular and earned RKO a profit of $265,000.

The descriptive passages mix whimsical, often alliterative language with phonetically-spelled dialogue and a strong poetic sensibility ("Agathla, centuries aslumber, shivers in its sleep with splenetic splendor, and spreads abroad a seismic spasm with the supreme suavity of a vagabond volcano.").A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night 71. Herriman was also fond of experimenting with unconventional page layouts in his Sunday strips, including panels of various shapes and sizes, arranged in whatever fashion he thought would best tell the story. Though the basic concept of the strip is simple, Herriman always found ways to tweak the formula.

83 Wodehouse said that he based Psmith on the hotelier and impresario Rupert D'Oyly Carte—"the only thing in my literary career which was handed to me on a silver plate with watercress around it". Wodehouse wrote in the 1970s that a cousin of his who had been at school with Carte told him of the latter's monocle, studied suavity, and stateliness of speech, all of which Wodehouse adopted for his new character.Wodehouse, The World of Psmith, p. v Psmith featured in three more novels: Psmith in the City (1910), a burlesque of banking; Psmith, Journalist (1915) set in New York; and Leave It to Psmith (1923), set at Blandings Castle.

These likely attempted to adapt Cofresí to what is now regarded as the common Puerto Rican ethnicity composed of Spanish, Taíno and African heritage. In 1846, reporter Freeman Hunt introduced several of these elements to his North American public by describing a scene that took place after the pirate's final arrest. He states that the authorities were surprised after finding a "handsome" young man with an "intelligent" and "very amiable" facial expression, who due to a "gentlemanly bearing" would "never have been taken for a murderer or a pirate". Besides emphasizing his brilliance and a "suavity of the Spanish manner", Hunt takes note of a reputation for "daring", "energy" and "celebrity".

U is a soulless sort of thing. 4 is honest, but… 3 I cannot trust… 9 is dark, a gentleman, tall and graceful, but politic under his suavity” . For synesthete MT “I [is] a bit of a worrier at times, although easy-going; J [is] male; appearing jocular, but with strength of character; K [is] female; quiet, responsible…” . More recently AP has reported that February is “an introverted female”, while F is a “[male] dodgy geezer”. Similarly, May is reported to be “soft-spoken” and “girly” while M is an “old lady [who] natter[s] a lot”, and while August is “a boy among girls”, A is a female “mother type” (; ).

The screen play... not only affords the cast some brisk dialogue but stirs up a fair amount of suspense, particularly toward the clima... For once, Mr. Raft's tight-lipped suavity seems perfectly in order... "Loan Shark", while nothing special, could have been a lot worse."Review of film at New York Times Film critic Dennis Schwartz panned the film, writing, "A lifeless thriller about an ex-convict trying to smash a brutal loan-shark racket. Sappy dialogue, an awful plot, and unimaginative directing by Seymour Friedman, make this hardly believable crime story fizzle. The story made about as much sense as snow in July.

The story has generally been a favorite of critics for the bittersweet account of each daughter's fate and the suavity of the narrator in relating the sometimes grim details. Although the story wastes little time on local-color description, the entire narrative is imbued with the atmosphere of primitive New England, as personified by the aged Mrs. Rimmle. The domineering widow seems almost as old as the Salem witch trials and brings more than a little of their spirit into the story. In his book-length study of Nathaniel Hawthorne, James noted how adroitly the older novelist used New England's Puritan heritage to deepen and darken his tales.

It is reported that he once said the greatest achievement of his life was winning the hand of Miss Kendzior at Dantzic. The graceful suavity and tact, and at times, because of physical ailments, the fortitude and even heroism with which Lady White, fulfilled all the social requirements of her station, contributed in large measure to the official success of the embassy."Sutherland, Sir William White, 265. More recently, Helen McCarthy described Lady White difficulties in her role. She writes, "Lady White, wife of Sir William, Britain's ambassador in Constantinople between 1886 and 1891, was born plain Katherine Kendzior, the daughter of a German tobacconist – and she was never allowed to forget it.

The latter has since then been so amended, that in its present form it is quite favourable to Catholic charities and the Catholic poor. In his zeal for the cause of the Catholic religion and of Ireland, so long down-trodden, but not in the 1830s, Dr. MacHale frequently incurred from his opponents the charge of intemperate language, something not altogether undeserved. He did not possess that suavity of manner which is so invaluable to leaders of men and public opinion, and so he alarmed or offended others. In his anxiety to reform abuses and to secure the welfare of Ireland, by an uncompromising and impetuous zeal, he made many bitter and unrelenting enemies.

Snow-ranunculus, Alpine heartsease, & Silene, with prayer by Y.E.T. A Manchester Guardian review of her work read: "... oils and watercolours of foreign landscapes, particularly Egyptian; Switzerland, the Canary Islands, the Black Forest, and Genua. The subjects are many of them striking, and travellers are likely to appreciate the pictures as mementoes of beautiful scenes. The treatment is not piquant, but it has considerable suavity." In the United Kingdom she exhibited at the Society of Women Artists,The Society of Women Artists Exhibitors 1855-1996, Charles Baile de Laperriere (ed.), 1996 Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Dudley Gallery, Fine Art Society, Glasgow Institute, Grosvenor Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, and Royal Society of British Artists.

Kaulbach's style was eclectic; in the Age of Homer the types and the treatment are derived from Greek marbles and vases; then in the Tower of Babel the severity of the antique gives place to the suavity of the Italian renaissance; while in the Crusades the composition is let loose into modern romanticism, and so the manner descends into the midst of the 20th century. And yet this scholastically compounded art is so nicely adjusted and smoothly blended that it casts off all incongruity and becomes homogeneous as the issue of one mind. But the public craved change; and so in later years Kaulbach's popularity declined, and he had to witness, not without inquietude, the rise of an opposing party of naturalism and realism. He is perhaps best known for his unusual representation of death, destruction and madness.

Wilkinson's friends often praised him in extravagant terms, and in a typical tribute included in The Letters of John Cowper Powys to Louis Wilkinson, 1935–56, Powys described Wilkinson thus: > "... on top of Integrity & Sang Froid & sexual Rascality worthy of Scarron > or Villon or ... even of the Ribald of Arezzo, for from out of Italy come > all the origins of all the renaissances of civilisations — there enters with > you Dignity, & Diplomatic Urbanity, Suavity, Reserve & Ambassadorial > Discretion such as some great Politician (I am not referring to Mr > Gladstone) would display on his Augustan path". Wilkinson's marriage to Frances Gregg produced a son and a daughter. The son Oliver (whose godfathers were John Cowper Powys and Aleister Crowley), was born in 1916, and had a long career as a writer, theatre director and producer, notably in the Iona Theatre, Glasgow, which he founded. He died in 1999.

" All About Jazz' Mark Corroto stated that the album proves that the performer "has plenty of heart rooted in a traditional Cuban music past and a head pointed into a diverse North American future." Matt Cibula of PopMatters stated that Supernova is a "wonderful record, that proves that Rubalcaba is one of the greatest composers and pianist in the world," but was critical about the lack of emotional commitment to his music, concluding that the album would work better on an audience that never heard the performer before. Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ grade, arguing that it "neatly showcases Rubalcaba's strengths: unerring yet playful rhythm, technical ferocity when required, burnished balladry, and Cuban swagger blended with jazz suavity." George Tysh of Metro Times stated that Supernova "incorporates both Rubalcaba personalities, being more percussively rhythmic (definitely more Latin) than Inner Voyage, but still as sensitive.

It is said that, when he taught in one of his "discourses" that a painter should not amass too much of the colour blue in the foreground of an image, Gainsborough was prompted to paint his famous "Blue Boy". Never quite losing his Devonshire accent, he was not only an amiable and original conversationalist, but a friendly and generous host, so that Fanny Burney recorded in her diary that he had "a suavity of disposition that set everybody at their ease in his society", and William Makepeace Thackeray believed "of all the polite men of that age, Joshua Reynolds was the finest gentleman." Dr. Johnson commented on the "inoffensiveness" of his nature; Edmund Burke noted his "strong turn for humor". Thomas Bernard, who later became Bishop of Killaloe, wrote in his closing verses on Reynolds stating: Enamel Miniature Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds by William Grimaldi.

A model of the Maltese Falcon Following a preview in September 1941, Variety called it "one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form": > Unfolding a most intriguing and entertaining murder mystery, picture > displays outstanding excellence in writing, direction, acting and > editing—combining in overall as a prize package of entertainment for widest > audience appeal. Due for hefty grosses in all runs, it's textured with > ingredients presaging numerous holdovers in the keys—and strong word-of- > mouth will make the b.o. wickets spin. Upon its release, Bosley Crowther described it as "the best mystery thriller of the year", saying "young Mr. Huston gives promise of becoming one of the smartest directors in the field"; according to Crowther, "the trick which Mr. Huston has pulled is a combination of American ruggedness with the suavity of the English crime school—a blend of mind and muscle—plus a slight touch of pathos".

Also in 2008, he portrayed Hani Salaam, the Jordanian intelligence chief and director of the feared GID in Body of Lies, marking his first collaboration with English director Ridley Scott. Strong's performance as Hani Salaam earned him a nomination for the London Critics Circle Film Award for Best British Supporting Actor and his performance was mentioned by several critics, with Scott calling it "a marvel of exotic suavity and cool insinuation" while Ebert "particularly admired" his aura of suave control. The following year, he played a lead part in the Channel 4 film Endgame, and he played Lord Blackwood, the main villain, in Sherlock Holmes, who has somehow returned after his execution with a plot to take over the British Empire using an arsenal of dark arts and new technologies. The film marked his third time working with director Guy Ritchie. He went on to work with Ridley Scott for a second time in the 2010 epic adventure film Robin Hood, portraying the antagonist Sir Godfrey.

The fate of this opera marks an epoch in the history of Italian art; for with it the gentle suavity cultivated by the masters of the 18th century died out to make room for the dazzling brilliance of a later period. When, in 1816, Gioachino Rossini set a revised version of the libretto to music, under the title of Almaviva ossia la inutil precauzione the fans of Paisiello stormed the stage. Rossini's opera, now known as Il barbiere di Siviglia, is now acknowledged as Rossini's greatest work, while Paisiello's opera is only infrequently produced—a strange instance of poetical vengeance, since Paisiello himself had many years previously endeavoured to eclipse the fame of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi by resetting the libretto of his famous intermezzo, La serva padrona. Paisiello left Russia in 1784, and, after producing Il Re Teodoro at Vienna, entered the service of Ferdinand IV of Naples, where he composed many of his best operas, including Nina and La Molinara.

" Among more recent appraisals, Tim Riley says that the song's "antagonism can't help being tempered by [McCartney's] melodic suavity, so he winds up sounding like an innocent victim rather than a co- conspirator in a love affair"; similarly, the arrangement and the position of McCartney's vocal in the mix ensure that "the texture becomes more engaging than the emotion." Riley nevertheless admires the complementary aspect of McCartney's bass and piano contributions, adding of Rubber Soul as a whole: "without ever being intrusive, his bass emerges as an irreplaceable part of the overall texture. Because he virtually breathes melody, his bass lines begin to soar with inventive counterpoint to the band ..." Ian MacDonald says the song, like "Nowhere Man", "needed something to lift it" and rues the group's use of the "irritating 'ooh-la-la-la' backing-vocal formula". He concludes that, while it is "redeemed" by McCartney's fluid bass playing, "'You Won't See Me' soon founders under the weight of its own self-pity and expires long before struggling to the end of an unusually protracted fade.

In 1908, J. Nilsen Laurvik wrote: > In the sculpture of Barnard, as in the work of Rodin, we see the vital, > almost consuming energy that appears to bestir itself within the clay or > marble as it flows out in the undulating, rhythmic movements of thews > [sinews] and muscles, in the suggestions of the delicate yet withal powerful > bony structure of the body under its finely drawn covering of soft flesh and > smooth envelope of skin, as in the prostrate figure of the Two Natures, > where the shoulder blades and the delicate ridge and furrow of the backbone > are modeled with a supple, caressing, quivering touch as of life itself. > This is no less true of his well-known bronze figure Pan, which adorns the > northeastern corner of Columbia University campus. With the discerning, this > lazy creature of infinite good nature has already become a sort of a classic > in the art of our country—one of the very few so far, and one destined to > remain incomparable for some time to come. In its suavity and suppleness of > modeling it reveals Barnard's virtuosity in a striking manner.

The character ‘Hani Salaam’ in the Sir Ridley Scott film Body of Lies is said to have been largely inspired by the six-year tenure of Sa’ad Khair as the GID chief. David Ignatius, author of the novel on which the film is based, has written about his encounter with Khair and modelling the character after him. Both the story and the film feature incidents directly inspired by Saad Khair’s experiences as the spy chief, as the author says, the part where Hani Salaam meets with a jihadist making him talk with his mother on phone and the fearsome spy headquarters’ being called the ‘fingernail factory’ are among a few. The first incident, in real life, took place in an 'Eastern European city where Khair with his team tracked down an undercover jihadist in an apartment and made him talk with his mother on phone in an attempt to force him emotionally in 'changing side' to the Jordanian government. ‘Hani Salaam’ was portrayed by British actor Mark Strong, whose performance in the film got particular critical acclaim because of its notable suavity and illusiveness, which according to the original author reflected the personality of Sa’ad Khair.