Word: affectionate
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Riesman acknowledges throughout his essay that the endeavor is an impressionistic one, inspired and molded by his own emotional and intellectual commitment to Harvard's educational undertaking. His experiences here span almost half a century, and those experiences--both undergraduate and professional--weigh heavily on his analysis of the importance...
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.
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.
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...
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...