Word: affectionate
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Though Author Cadart is concerned professionally with snails as food, he seems to regard them, even uncooked, with affection. His first chapter describes their slow, idyllic lives: how they emerge from the soil in spring after a few days of sunshine; how they cruise through the dewy dawn, laying down...
Although Wolfson is removed from the normal hustle of Cambridge living, he is not a remote figure. He has a warmth that commands affection, and some strong likes and dislikes that testify to his this-worldliness. He interests himself in his students and used to serve them tea in his...
Hot Time in Berlin. The last great push to Berlin cost the Red army a million casualties. Zhukov arrived, tough and imperturbable, fully conscious of his great feat, but also plainly glad that the war was over. In Berlin, Zhukov met General Eisenhower. Wrote Ike in Crusade in Europe: "I...
The warmth and lavishness of Café Filho's reception sprang from the abiding affection the Portuguese feel for their huge ex-colony. The affection is mutual. Though Brazilians and Portuguese love to poke fun at each others' accents, customs and national traits, the ties of sentiment between...
Trouble with God. During the heady years of success, Laurette was as selfish as she was gay. For her, people were sharply divided into two groups, the talented and the "others." To the others she could be cruelly and unnecessarily cutting. Her children were either hidden or ignored, or exhibited...