Word: affectionate
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As they stood in the aisle, they began to call each other Dick, Jerry and Jimmy ("The first time," laughed Carter later). Nixon had a martini, maybe two, and gulped peanuts by the handful. Ford, wearing a red golf sweater now, had his pipe. As the talk mounted, Carter perched...
If the demand for a spot in the Head is any indication, then many others apparently share Nichol's affection for the race.
The networks seem befuddled by the conservative trend in the country. They are reluctant to give up sex and sass in favor of traditional values, for fear of losing the hip, young, urban audience that advertisers desire most. They do not seem able to recapture the innocent affection, the pride...
Some experts also note that many of these students have a tendency to see aggression as a kind of affection. They cite Oregon State students' response to questions about the "meaning of violence."
The object of all this academic affection ran her own class a few years back. Lord decided to teach Expos because she was distressed over the College's inability to train undergraduates in basic prose. She remembers that her most successful sessions included lectures from professional writers who shared their...