Word: affectionate
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No musicologist, Brophy concentrates on the characters in Mozart's operas, believing that they "deserve the serious and searching affection-passion, even -we give to Shakespeare's, because they are total human creations." She regards this as no mean feat in the Age of Enlightenment (plainly a very...
Still, theirs is a marriage bulwarked by genuine, if sometimes uncomfortably showy affection. Lyndon keeps Lady Bird well-informed of his plans and decisions. At times, he will burst into a sedate White House tea, plant a kiss squarely on Lady Bird's forehead and loudly announce, "I love...
Sir: The warm and enthusiastic reception that Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy received from the people of "Communist" Poland [July 10] shows that the key to the defeat of Communism lies in Eastern Europe. If handled correctly, the affection that the satellite councils have for Western democracy will spread into...
There was once a sultan with a harem of jealous wives. Being a wise man, the sultan secretly gave to each wife a blue bead. When they sought proof of his affection, he would say, "I love the one who has the blue bead." Thus he was able to live...
"We do it for love," cried Gina Lollobrigida, 35, letting it be known that in the great beagle debate she and L.B.J. see ear to ear. Gina does it to her six-year-old son Milko: "I love my son; I pull his ears. President Johnson loves his dogs; they...