Word: fonder
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They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but this summer, four of our editors found out that there’s more than one meaning to that aphorism...
...gets the chance. Both Laffey and Chafee trail Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, another Protestant aristocrat, in the polls. Rhode Island voted overwhelmingly for John Kerry in 2004; it probably hasn't grown any fonder of George W. Bush since then. Laffey doesn't care. He's running on a different wavelength, against the big shots in both parties. "Have you ever seen a campaign like this?" he exclaims, jogging to the next house. No and, sort of, yes. A fellow named Ned Lamont just overturned the Establishment next door, in Connecticut...
...high trophy--the Joe Cronin Award--all polished wood and gleaming brass. The American League presented it to the great lefthanded hitter in recognition of his fourth consecutive batting championship. On top of the trophy stands the likeness of a batter--a righthanded batter. Carew is fonder of the Medal of Honor given to him by his native Panama. Says he proudly: "I'm the only athlete ever to have...
...American style of dieting to her liking. Atkins? "For Europeans, it's gross. They can't eat like that. After a few days of not eating fruits and vegetables and not drinking wine or eating pasta ... it's so foreign to us. So unbalanced." But she's not any fonder of other weight-loss regimens. "Basically, diets don't work," she insists. "If they worked, everyone would be thin and healthy...
With that in mind, it appears that Minnesota Democrats are lining up former Vice President Walter Mondale to ride the wave of support for old-fashioned Minnesotan liberalism. Wellstone had just started pulling away in the polls, and Democrats can only hope that absence makes the votes grow fonder. When John F. Kennedy ’40 was shot in 1963, his public approval ratings skyrocketed from the nadir of his presidency. In an eerily similar chain of events, Mel Carnahan was killed in a plane crash within days of Missouri’s 2001 senatorial election, and his wife...