Word: affection
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...Simmonds' keen characterization comes from both her clever writing and exceptional drawing skills. Using what looks like a soft pencil and gray wash, she creates naturalistic drawings that camouflage what are actually carefully composed arrangements of gesture, posture and facial affect. One remarkable panel shows a Christmas dinner party at which Gemma and Charlie are seated. The hostess looms to the left, while a man scolds a child at the right, with all the other characters carefully positioned in the space to display a different state of mind. In a brilliantly satiric take on selfish love, Simmonds uses a thought...
Angela Y. Wu ’06, a History of Art and Architecture concentrator, wrote that jet lag likely had an adverse affect on her exam performance...
...added that he thinks the controversy over Summers’ comments about women and science will probably not affect the College’s yield in the spring...
Spiegelman touched on the University’s future development across the river in Allston, saying that it would affect Cambridge plans. But she again hesitated to be more specific, noting that much of the land would only become available in phases...
...blades are the new must-haves in the trendiest kitchens. Kyocera of Japan and Boker of Germany make the ghostly white blades with zirconium oxide, which is second in hardness only to diamond. They stay sharp 10 times as long as steel and don't react with food or affect its smell or taste. They are also lightweight, making repetitive chopping less of a strain. The hardness of the blades makes them less flexible, however, so they aren't so hot for cutting that requires maneuverability, such as carving. And there's not yet a reliable method for home sharpening...