Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"He is a business man and a gardener, an international financier and an English squire. He enjoys the country life of his home ["Wall Hall''] at Watford with an affection as deep as any of his English ancestors felt for theirs. What his Hertfordshire retreat meant to him...
In the death of Dr. Wilson Harvard loses a teacher of international fame. His prominence in university life was necessarily limited by the nature of his work which brought him in contact with relatively few students. But this should not detract from Harvard's regret, for he labored with untiring...
It is fitting that a man who labored throughout his long and fruitful life to instill in Americans a true understanding and affection for his native land should leave behind him a monument which will continue the good works of his lifetime.
One of the minor refinements salubriously included in this production was a softening of the very sudden affection of Sebastian for the lovely Olivia. The picture of Olivia given to Viola is left upon a bench by that dissembling young lady from whence it is picked up by Sebastian and...
A "torch" song is one in which the theme and lyric express the deep affection, often unappreciated, which the crooner bears for the object of his or her devotion. Such a song Ivy Stevens (Mayo Methot) sang for Howard Palmer (Reed Brown Jr.), women's wear drummer, one July night...