Word: affectionate
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Avril Lavigne’s song “Complicated” was very easily one of the most spun songs of the summer. With the constant radio play has come a very opinionated and polarized slew of fans and detractors. Is she the genuine article, worthy of our affection...
A couple of typing errors, and the next thing she (Maggie Gyllenhaal) knows, she's bent across the boss's desk, awaiting punishment. He (James Spader) is a sadist who sometimes lacks the courage of his convictions. But that's all right with his employee. She has enough affection for...
Rockwell doesn't disavow his affection for theater. His mother was a choreographer--some of his happiest memories are of community theater with his four older brothers in Deal, N.J. After studying architecture at Syracuse University and the Architectural Association in London, he worked for a lighting designer before pursuing...
To Mr. Chu, whose greatest object of affection since his wife left has been his giant pig Mama, Tong Tong is inspiration, a reason to lift his head out of the slop. To his porcine-eyed son Ming, whose bedroom is decorated with pinups, she's fantasy made flesh. To...
WALL WALKING Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming dynasty, was of a very Chinese disposition: he liked walls, the longer the better. His affection for fortification was not merely fanciful: Zhu (also known as Hong Wu) spent 30 years at war with various warlords in his campaign to...