Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When he took power in France in 1958, Charles de Gaulle faced problems with French Africa that were similar to what Spinola faces now. But De Gaulle at least had a democratic tradition and a certain amount of stability at home. Spinola has neither. What he does have is respect...
In part, that sociopolitical phenomenon has to do with the feminist movement, which has created what one sociologist calls "the ideology of sisterly love." The subculture of feminist discussion groups and lectures on campuses and elsewhere has brought more and more women together, encouraging friendship and even affection between them...
P: Well, you start with the proposition, Dean, the President thinks you have carried a tremendous load, and his affection and loyalty to you is just undiminished.
If Conundrum were a conventional novel, it would end in this domestic triumph. But marriage did not extinguish Morris' trouble. Few readers are likely to understand exactly why, but the value and affection that Morris conveys about his family make clear what extraordinary pressure he must have felt to...
The desperate parties were another matter, perhaps a danger even to a healthy 22-year-old. Even for a youth Beach did not think climbing out of second-story windows was a very good idea, yet that sort of thing tended to be the culmination of the kind of parties...