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Word: affectionate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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To say that the bicycle is "the only first-class transportation left to humanity" is to insult horse owners. Horses can reproduce, travel through mud, jump obstacles and return affection. I would love to see a steel frame and wheels perform this way.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, May 26, 1975 | 5/26/1975 | See Source »

The latest, and what looked like the enduring target of his affection, was a sweet young thing from near Nashville, Penny: age sixteen, and soon graduating from high school into the arms of her dreamboat, Nick.

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: The Power of Love: A Nashville Lightning Storm | 4/18/1975 | See Source »

He tripped in the mid-1930s, when he served nine months in federal prison for income tax evasion. Yet despite his lust for wealth, Parr felt affection for the local people and won many friends. His influence was so strong that when a Parr nominee already on the ballot disobeyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Death of a Duke | 4/14/1975 | See Source »

Aloof and Sexy. Alain Tanner, a Swiss film maker (La Salamandre), is especially smart in his portrait of the affair between Adriana and Paul, a romance that teaches truths only the woman is prepared to accept. Tanner seduces his audience, just as Paul is seduced, with the heat and affection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sexual Politics | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

Belly Dancers. After the honeymoon, the marriage was filled with what one intimate of Ari's called "the nights of long silences." Jackie loved concerts, ballet and theater; Onassis preferred raucous bouzouki music, belly dancers and at times the company of roistering Greek businessmen. Much of the time they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: One of the Last Tycoons | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

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