Word: kinship
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...falls into the truckling-and-treacling mode evident in her script work on Stepmom and The Story of Us. But, lordie, does I Am Sam open the tear ducts! Movie theaters may have to install sluice gates, thanks to Penn's solid, precise and brave performance and his warming kinship with Fanning. He makes the film's shameless sentiment almost as meritorious as it is meretricious...
...their first-years, it cannot provide the same level of advising as an R.A. system. Study breaks once a week do not give first-years an opportunity to have meaningful interaction with upperclass students. Occasional outings are pleasant, but are too rare to foster a true sense of kinship. Most first-years think of their prefects as nice people, but they are unlikely to search them out to talk about anything substantive...
...Minor, has gone double-platinum in less than three months, with a no less impressive, but certainly more well-publicized effort. Like her songs, Keys is sultry, confident and poised, but she lets her material speak instead of her figure. She and Branch seem to share a kinship in that they mark a return to musical, not image-driven stardom. It may have as much to do with the industry’s natural cycles as it does with the actual talents of Branch and Keys, but for the time being, their sound (and the change) is glorious...
...hour news cycle gives Bush nowhere to hide. It amplified his uncertainties in the first hours of the crisis. But it also let everyone hear his perfect pitch in the Washington National Cathedral on Friday, as he evoked "a kinship of grief and a steadfast resolve to prevail against our enemies." His smallest decisions are now freighted with history and symbolism. As aides debated whether he should return to the White House on Tuesday in a customary helicopter or in a more secure motorcade, the President made the call: "We're going back the way we normally go back." This...
These are the acts of kinship and kindness that America should take to heart. This is a time for confidence in one another and strength as a nation. To promote a climate of fear or to take financial advantage of the uncertainty created by Tuesday’s tragedy would be harmful to our country and to its citizens...