Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶ "Marriages of affection and companionship are likely on the average to be more successful than those of infatuation and romance." Infatuation does not necessarily indicate a satisfactory sexual adjustment after marriage.
But as the revolution changed from a matter of singing in the streets to a grim and hopeless siege, a subtle change came over them. Mr. Witt, who stayed in his shaded study, ate oranges, made wise remarks to the English consul and watched the shells exploding in the blue...
¶ In Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Gertrude Lintz has trained gorillas, chimpanzees, Saint Bernards, owls, rare rabbits for 14 years. Her affection for great apes two years ago alienated her doctor-husband-a stomach specialist sometimes taken for a veterinarian because his home was also his wife's menagerie...
"Could you translate this for me," and he unfolded a piece of light blue stationery covered in parts with beautiful feminine script and in others with a design of Chinese characters. He apparently expected to have it unfold into an emotional outburst of affection or something which the girl was...
Last week, while erstwhile Bolero fans occupied themselves with other fads & fancies, the music world mourned the death of Composer Ravel, most noted French musician of his generation. It was not as the concocter of that booming bit of cafe music that Ravel drew this world-wide homage, but as...