Word: affectionate
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For he does harbor affection for his tortured creations—“Sure,” Payne offers with a wide nod and no hesitation when asked if he loves his characters. And then, grasping the contradiction inherent in his work: “I love myself and...
Beyond the classes and the lectures, Heaney has a continuing affection for Harvard’s scholarly atmosphere. The Poet-in-Residence’s affiliation with Adams House has no doubt contributed to its widespread popularity among speculative first-years, and continues what he calls its long ?...
Sometimes the story behind the hue du jour is about technology. In the 1970s, innovations in polyesters brought dullish tones like avocado and puce into fashion. Other times colors catch on by dint of one person's affection. Nancy Reagan almost single-handedly made red the new black. And any...
Barbara proclaimed she was "amazed" how the family members had matured in four years. At the last G.O.P. Convention, she fretted that grandson Pierce Bush, then 14, the outspoken son of Neil, had developed an affection for television cameras, and they for him. "I hope he does not peak too...
Ice Princess looks? Check. Affection for quirky characters in odd little movies? Check. She's got a Danish dad but a New Yorker's taste.