Word: affectionate
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"It's a good feeling to see that our class has had such an affection our program," Pawloski says. "It feels pretty good to play such a role in that. People don't overlook Harvard hockey any more."
In contrast, Twain's letters show a simmering distaste for politicians and a maturing affection for the family he left behind. When his younger brother Henry is fatally wounded in a steamboat explosion, the youthful Clemens rushes to his side. He "prayed as never man prayed before," he writes his...
Meanwhile, the lonely work of saving one life at a time goes on. If there is a glimmer of hope in the inner city today, it comes from the social workers, community activists and Samaritans who are reaching out to children, one by one, trying to give them the affection...
On Khalil al-Wazir's death. He was a man of moral integrity, a man of his word. He commanded a lot of respect and affection among those who followed him. I think his loss will be felt within the P.L.O. But I believe the uprising will continue.
To be knocked down and to have to get up, that's the ticket. Never mind that it was he who arranged for most of his pratfalls; the getting up still elevates the comedian to something grand. Hard to believe. After all that one knows about Nixon, you would think...