The fondness took flight online last fall when, at the opening ceremony of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C., cameras caught Obama and Bush in a brief but clearly warm embrace.
Not just because the outlandish intellectual ideas here were matched with music that was so clearly warm, personal and of a striking beauty, but also because the closing song, Irresponsible Tune, explicitly stated the power of music perhaps more eloquently than anything else recorded this year.
The slowdown in warming has surprised climate scientists but the official body, the IPCC, said surface warming over the past 15 years was still rising at the rate of 0.05 to 0.15C per decade - and that the planet as a whole was clearly warming if changes in the oceans were taken into account.
Evan Buliung is better cast as the action-figure hunk Strider (a k a Aragorn), and the audience clearly warms to the scenery chewing of Michael Therriault as the whiny, sneaky Gollum, who here looks like an unraveling mummy and sounds like Renfield, Dracula's old sidekick.
Bobbie, whom I initially judged to be a bit dour, was clearly warmed to the quick.
"Ice is one of the most important elements in a cocktail," said Ms. Weatherup, clearly warming up to the topic, before starting a discourse on the different cuts of ice, and the drinks for which they are used.
Right before I start a scene' – I don't want to misquote him here, but he said something along the lines of, 'I always feel that I've never done this before.'" Newsom – an avid Pynchon fan – clearly warmed to the experience of acting, but she isn't giving up the day job just yet.
This is a shame because he is clearly warm-hearted and thoughtful, and when warming to his subject, the trademark surreal humour melts away.
Undaunted by the fact that Smith has clearly warmed up for the occasion with a few stiff fresheners, Ray Stubbs then attempts to interview him.
"We're impressed by your leadership and your party's strong victory," Mr. Bush said today, clearly warming to the task of endorsing an Islamic victory.
But Ms. Adams clearly warmed to the idea: she and Ms. Rockwood are now roommates.
