Word: courtships
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...secret that all sorts of critters display elaborate courtship rituals. But the capacity to woo a mate is hardly the same as the capacity to love a mate. Nonetheless, chimps appear to feel sorrow and glee; elephants appear to grieve their dead. Couldn't animals feel romance as well? They could and--to hear at least some scientists tell it--they...
...year later, even a month later, Feiring's adolescent son might have reacted very differently to being told he was not ready to date. That moment-to-moment mutability of his interest in--never mind his readiness for--courtship is only one tiny part of the exhilarating, exhausting, confounding path all humans travel as they make their halting way into the world of love. From the moment we're born--when the world is mostly sensation, and nothing much matters beyond a full belly, a warm embrace and a clean diaper--until we finally emerge into adulthood and understand...
...marrying Khan she asked Burrell to find out if it was possible for them to have a private wedding. But Khan was unwilling to go public with their romance and, frustrated, Diana broke up with him. She started dating Dodi in part, said Burrell, to make Khan jealous. Their courtship "took place on the world stage," he said. "And she was used to the world stage. She knew very well what she was doing." All those tabloid photos of Dodi and Di cavorting on his yacht? The Princess counted on the cameras watching them, Burrell said. "That was her message...
...America seem to be friends again; warm relations and mutual esteem have replaced nearly five years of diplomatic disdain; and presidents George Bush and Nicolas Sarkozy may start having regular sleep-overs if they become any better friends. Beyond that, however, the views of Sarkozy's 26 hour courtship of Washington - and the Franco-American love-fest it provoked - differ in small but significant ways in the two countries...
...growing up in the Midwest influence you? -Eric Jennings, Charleston, S.C. I pledged allegiance to the flag, joined the Boy Scouts and ran for student office in school. I married a young woman I had known since we were 15. Courtship was confined to parked cars in those days. We got married and suddenly there was a sexual revolution in America...