Word: fond
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...terribly fond of discussion about the canon," adds Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley H. Hoffmann. "I think it's trendy. What people consider to be the cannon changes every two or three years. I think much of that is quite vapid...
Buso-Garcia remarked on the sometimes elusive basic ingredients of film, along with his fond memories of the experience. "You need a lot of people, good light, good weather...we needed permission from the City Hall of Cambridge to film outside and in the streets..[but] once we got set up, and [I] started directing it was--everything was--amazing. Almost no one had ever done film before, but everyone was incredibly willing to learn--I got my energy from them...
President Nixon was fond of British history. So it is fitting to close by paraphrasing the famous comment about Robert Peel written by one of Nixon's favorite historians, Sir Norman Gash. The analogy is overbroad, but the sentiment is entirely accurate: he brought China into the modern world, and his political opponents herded him out of office. As America enters a new and dangerous phase in world affairs, we will miss President Nixon, perhaps now more than ever...
...Roosevelt says he has fond memories of hisacademic experience as an undergraduate atHarvard, which he credits with inspiring "a greataffection and love for reading...
...never thought I'd like a cafeteria in a federal building this much, but I'm starting to grow quite fond of it," he says. "I've gotten to know all the employees. I say hello to everyone. It feels like campaigning...