Word: warmly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...person feels uncomfortable composing a little song of himself for the classifieds. The personal ad is like haiku of self-celebration, a brief solo played on one's own horn. Someone else should be saying these things. It is for others to pile up the extravagant adjectives ("sensitive, warm, witty, vibrant, successful, handsome, accomplished, incredibly beautiful, cerebral and sultry") while we stand demurely by. But someone has to do it. One competes for attention. One must advertise. One must chum the waters and bait the hook, and go trolling for love and laughter, for caring and sharing, for long walks...
...jaunty or dewy-eyed. One begins: "Have herpes?" Some are improbably specialized: "Fishing Jewish woman over 50 seeks single man to share delights of angling." Or: "Literate snorkeler . . . have room in my life for one warm, secure, funny...
...Medicine Bow, Wyo a town of 400 where mine shutdowns have left many residents unemployed, the group received a warm reception and a number of donations...
...Sally Moore is extremely imaginative and very effective with graduate students," says Professor of Anthropology David H. Maybury-Lewis. "She is an extremely warm person who cares a great deal about students, and if that can be translated into her job as GSAS dean, that's wonderful," adds Professor of Anthropology David R. Pilbeam...
Last winter, a year after leaving a $31,000 a year job, he learned to survive by not stopping. "I played when it was 25 degrees out. If you're drinking coffee and playing songs continuously, your hands manage to stay warm...