Word: affectionateness
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Since the beginning of cinema, directors have been falling for their leading ladies. At least in this sense, Quentin Tarantino is a traditionalist. "People talk about beautiful actresses," says Tarantino. "Like Cameron Diaz--she's a beautiful girl. But I went to high school with three girls who look like...
Love him or scorn him: Richard Grasso, chief of the New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.), is drawing strongly mixed signals of affection and rejection these days. At a civic function in New York City last week, Robert Nardelli, head of Home Depot, told Grasso that he would love to have...
“First we learn affection from our mother, not our guru,” he said. “Guru comes later. Everyone survived up to now because of…mothers’ affection.”
Hoping to attain the same kind of affection from the parrot, he grabbed some seeds to feed the bird.
“He guided the College with a steadying hand through turbulent seas and in calm waters, he nudged the administration with wisdom and vast experience, and he elicited true affection and respect from both the students and his colleagues in University Hall,” former Dean of...