Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Social kissing takes much of its inspiration from show business, where for years an oscular promiscuity has prevailed. Kissing appeals to show people in part because it is inherently more theatrical than, say, handshaking or nodding. Kisses can be invested with any emotion from the most fervid passion to a...
Viewed with a clinical, alien's eye, kissing can seem a rather odd thing for people to do. The Chinese have even believed that it had associations with cannibalism. Kissing, of course, is not all that bad. But the present excesses have undoubtedly served to debase the currency, sometimes...
(4 of 12) PEOPLE. Vice President-elect Walter Mondale admires ?and wishes he could emulate?Carter's ability to express warm affection. Carter and his wife hold hands as naturally in public as though they were on a high school date. The Georgian has extraordinary empathy with children. During...
Died. Peter Lisagor, 61, Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News and the best all-round newspaper correspondent in the nation's capital; of cancer; in Arlington, Va. Born poor in West Virginia, Lisagor played semipro baseball to pay his way through the University of Michigan. He joined...
After a few seconds of reflection, many conceded that they wanted a role in handling the commencement affairs due to their affection for Harvard and their classmates, and their desire for a good old time.