Word: fond
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...divorce. While Sally Field is largely convincing as a somewhat frustrated, struggling career woman, the "real-life" interactions between Daniel and Miranda seem stiff and unrealistic. And no tangible rapport is established between Daniel and his beloved children--they may profess to love him, but all seem equally fond of thehandsome, stereotypical yuppie Stu, a purposelyone-dimensional character. The relationshipbetween Daniel/Mrs. Doubtfire and Stu seems overlystrained given that Daniel's main motivation forthe charade is to see his kids, not to reunitewith Miranda. This detracts from our sympathy forWilliams' character by making the witty attemptsof Mrs. Doubtfire to sabotage Miranda...
...anything which smelled of "the establishment" that he identified with outsiders more because they were outsiders than out of any sense of fairness. This fact made him a dubious political ally; he announced once that he wouldn't support the Palestinians if they ever received a homeland, and was fond of saying, "I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world...
...takes her pills in roast beef," Young says. "She prefers Barsamian's roast beef, but she will eat Sage's. Super-market roast beef she's not particularly fond...
Cantabrigians, Scheir says, are fond of the PR system because it provides for group representation...
They're not all cowhands and they don't all live on the Rio Grande. But many of Harvard's Texan students share one trait: they're very fond of their state. And now, they have an outlet for their pride...