Word: fondly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They were typical adolescent girls in central Louisiana, one fond of cheerleading, another keen on basketball, the third active in the school booster club...
...author is fond of spelling power with a capital P. Yet for all her bluster, she has produced only a lower-case history...
...increasingly restive mood for two years, trailed the leaders of Solidarity, the nation's new labor union, as they crisscrossed the country to attend meetings with workers and government officials. He eventually interviewed ten of the 18 members on Solidarity's presidium. "I have become quite fond of the Polish people over the course of this assignment, and have made a number of friends -among them, members of the party," says Kalb. "For everyone's sake, I hope their experiment with a more humane and democratic form of Communism is allowed to succeed...
...noted that presidential nicknames have dwindled in our century, from "The Hero of San Juan Hill," who sported 17, to "Tricky Dick," who needed but one. Either we are growing less fond of our leaders, or they are growing further away from us. In any case, it will be a healthy sign for Mr Reagan should the public start calling him Ronnie or even Sweet Eyes. TIME'S congressional correspondent Neil MacNeil recalls that when Mike DiSalle, then mayor of Toledo, escorted ex-King Michael of Yugoslavia in an open-car parade, the citizens called out to the mayor...
...little blurred, of course, as all good legends should be. Over there (nobody remembers quite where) Tate used to address a class of undergraduates. He was a severely handsome man who looked rather like a Confederate cavalry officer, and when he spoke of "the Republic of Letters," fond students could practically hear bugles blowing and see banners flying...