Word: warmth
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...With their personal warmth and good humor, and their great breadth of interests, they will be continuing the tradition of intellectual and personal engagement of the Masters that the Hastings have established so strongly," he said...
Daedalus warned his son Icarus not to fly too high, or the sun would melt his waxen wings. But the boy, intoxicated with flight, soared above his cautious father. In the clear blue sky, the warmth of the sun dissolved his delicate wings, causing him to plunge to his death in the green sea below. The myth of Icarus is used to illustrate the ancient Greek word hubris, a term for the overweening human pride and vanity that often result in tragedy...
...What we really like is the zaniness and warmth of Colombo, the character he plays on TV," said John J. Abbott '96, the Lampoon's outgoing ibis. "He's bumbling, he's awkward, but he gets the job done, and a lot of us aspire to be like that...
...believed to be leftover material from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Millions are still orbiting lazily in a halo called the Oort cloud, far beyond Pluto, where they are perfectly preserved. It's only occasionally that one changes orbit and plunges into the relative warmth of Earth's neighborhood. And the more often a comet returns to be heated, the more its structure and chemical composition are altered...
Speaking of her meeting with Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, Rabin said that in the wake of the assassination he treated her and her family with "great charm and great warmth...