Word: fondly
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...best known at home as a prince of the desert, who has a good handshake, speaks in velvety tones and can be aloof one minute and chuckling the next. Closely resembling the famed founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdul Aziz (generally known as Ibn Saud), he is fond of camel racing and is tolerant toward human frailties. "He will forgive anything but lying," says an intimate. He has a reputation for eschewing the country's endemic corruption; almost alone in the royal household, he forbids his sons to use their connections to profit in business. A devout Muslim...
...addition, I have noticed this year that I am fond of "reading" for my classes with the TV on and muted. That way, whenever something interesting comes on the screen (like a touchdown or the opening credits of JAG), I can turn the sound on and put the book down. It is because of this nasty habit that I need you to tune my television set to the Science Center network: 24 hours a day of high-level physics lectures on tape, with videos of baboons copulating during prime time and Tom Synder on at 12:30 a.m. (the lowest...
Still, the lengendary folkster harbors some fond memories: his first-year English teacher, nights spent waiting, with the other six boys who lived in rooms above the Union, for the watchman to make his rounds so they could sneak down and get some ice cream--and feeling a bit guilty until, one night, they encountered the watchman having a taste as well...
Fortunately, no one is yet talking about banning bees (full disclosure here: I am fond of both peanuts and honey), and that's precisely my point. There is just no way to render the world absolutely safe for every child everywhere. Even if schools do institute a ban on peanuts, how do they enforce it? By posting a peanut-sniffing dog at every entrance? And since most children don't outgrow peanut allergies, what happens after graduation? The best way to deal with peanut allergies isn't by outlawing the crunchy little legumes--which are an excellent source of protein...
...insistent dialogue boxes that Windows popped up whenever I installed new software--asking whether I was sure I wouldn't rather be using IE 4.0 and wouldn't I like to at least try IE 4.0 and didn't I know that many of my friends have grown quite fond of IE 4.0--that I finally clicked yes, what the hell, just leave me alone... Guiltily, I now actually prefer...