Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Democrats, of course, had substantial support from numerous dissidents who had sworn after the Chicago convention that they would never vote for Humphrey. As the campaign wore on, they evolved a sort of tentative sympathy and affection for the Vice President that was only sharpened by their accumulating distaste...
Never before has an academic year opened with college administrators so self-conscious about their own actions, or so concerned about the actions of their students. Determined to prevent rebellion, many are wooing undergraduate affection with offers of participation in a wide area of policy making. But if these opportunities...
He particularly loves Harold Arlen and tells us so. In this case explanation aren't needed, for his rendition of "Sleeping Bee" makes his affection abundantly clear. When Hammond sings Arlen, he lowers his voice considerably and we understand. He shows us that the last lines of the song ("A...
Jumping Rope. There is nothing button-down about their teaching. Barry Ernstoff, 22, a Columbia graduate and N.Y.U. Law student, jolted his students one day by jumping rope with them. "Teachers don't jump rope," one boy scolded. Ernstoff explains: "We've got to humanize ourselves. Black kids...
Perhaps it is churlish to make fun of Miss Alexandria. Certainly the author would never do so. He observes that the virtues of such women, products of pre-tax wealth and protracted social training, are unlikely to survive the times. Fondly, he seeks to preserve their manners and their memory...