Word: affectionate
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The great painters of the Renaissance looked upon drawings with particular affection; they exchanged them with fellow artists as a mark of respect. Their students pored over them for clues to their secrets, for almost nothing else told so much about how they built up their compositions or what sort...
By the time Perkins gets to Greece, Mercouri is desperate. His ardor for her has cooled; he feels she has tricked him into coming to visit his father; she can no longer bear for Vallone to touch her. She watches as Perkins' affection for his father grows, shutting her...
He said any Massachusetts Senator would have to take issue with the President at times, and that for young Kennedy to do so would place "an intolerable burden of embarrassment on the President." Further, Lodge claimed that any support a senator might give the Administration would be more meaningful if...
The city of New York has its share of great museums, but there is one rich area of art that none of them give adequate houseroom to. This is American folk art-the vast treasury of weather vanes and limners' portraits, of whittled toys and cigar-store Indians that...
Born of Love. Eiseley demonstrates that understanding of man's evolution can provide insights into many areas of life. Examining the cliche that "the battle is to the strong, that pity and affection are signs of weakness," Eiseley points out: "The truth is that if man at heart were...