Word: tenderizer
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...unexpected citation -- for a tender acting turn by a first-time performer in an inexpensive ($5 million) foreign movie -- thrilled Davidson. The minimoguls at Miramax, the film's U.S. distributor, might have been tickled too, since The Crying Game received five other important nominations (for best picture, actor, director, screenplay and editing), which promises that the film's domestic gross, a robust $16 million so far, could double or better. But the Miramaxers were spooked. They had helped make Davidson's identity the best-kept open secret in recent movie history. Would the ingenue's Oscar bid spoil their hiding...
...tender passion includes evolutionary roots, biological secretions and brain imprints...
...during the past decade, scientists across a broad range of disciplines have had a change of heart about love. The amount of research expended on the tender passion has never been more intense. Explanations for this rise in interest vary. Some cite the spreading threat of AIDS; with casual sex carrying mortal risks, it seems important to know more about a force that binds couples faithfully together. Others point to the growing number of women scientists and suggest that they may be more willing than their male colleagues to take love seriously. Says Elaine Hatfield, the author of Love...
This week, red and pink have consumed our thoughts. Love and lust and romance (or lack thereof) has been on everyone's mind. Many conversations have been complaints, lamenting the absence of a significant someone with whom to share an intimate moment, a tender kiss, or an amorous evening...
...point she perches on her fire-escape, singing and strumming guitar to the famous theme song "Moon River." Her tender breathy voice delivers the melody as an ephemeral sweet, like a candied violet petal...