Word: affectionately
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Berlin's ties with Washington have improved markedly since Merkel replaced Schroeder at the Chancellery, in part because of Merkel and Sauer's personal enthusiasm for the U.S. While some Germans winced at photographs of George W. Bush giving Merkel a neck rub during the G8 meeting in St. Petersburg...
But before we laugh it off, we must admit that there is something fundamentally unsettling about the idea of Hell. Even in Salem, the horror capital of Massachusetts, the most terrifying sight was not the man in the lab coat covered in body parts or any of the copious witches...
Today I listen mostly to old stuff. But I do listen to what shows up - really out of curiosity more than anything else. It's not often that something that really gets to me. I don't know what's out there so I just buy - Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys...
And now, quite suddenly, we learn that the recipient of all of our earnest faith and affection has been a frou-frou all along! Especially for Americans, this comes as utter shock. Dumbledore has suddenly become the best-known gay icon… ever. Never mind Da Vinci, Warhol, Allen...
And there are few better engines of transformation than laughter, which can turn a king into an object of ridicule as easily as it can elevate mere affection to love. Humor is a key element of “Metamorphoses,” and the members of the show?...