Word: affectionateness
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(3 of 3) In fact, Botero knows tragedy firsthand, provided by both his country and his family life. Colombians call their most famous artist El Maestro, and he returns their affection. He's donated hundreds of his paintings and sculptures to museums in Bogotá and Medellín, as...
The boys, with some affection, call their school "the box." It is an acknowledgment that their modern, gray concrete building with 36 classrooms and a basketball court is both protection and containment. Outside the box, says senior Ali Fadhli, there are "problems." He means temptation - and bigotry. The temptation is...
DIED. ISRAEL EPSTEIN, 90, Polish journalist who became a passionate supporter of the Chinese Communist Party and comrade to many of its leaders; in Beijing. The son of socialist Jewish emigres who settled in Tianjin, Epstein was drawn to the Communist cause after a meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong in...
English has been adding Maori words to its lexicon since Captain Cook noted that fortified Maori villages were called pa. British settlers readily adopted Maori names for indigenous animals and plants, from kakapo birds to kauri pines. But the use of Maori words has surged in the past 15 years...
Gay and lesbian tourists accounted for more than 10% of the $88 billion Americans spent abroad last year. Yet they feel most unwelcome closest to home-in the Caribbean, which, despite its relaxed image in TV ads, has been rife with homophobic acts, like the stabbing last year of a...