They navigate those moments well because of a shared sensibility and a well-honed shorthand for communication.
The love between Amal and Charulata, born out of alienation, thrives because of a shared interest in language.
Like the Cape Verdeans, they are relatively well integrated with the other islanders, because of a shared Luso-African cultural background.
Mr. Chiarello said the team had developed a special camaraderie because of a shared history on the fields of Brooklyn.
He is an uncompromising civil libertarian, and, because of a shared interest in the First Amendment, he has known Lee Bollinger for decades.
It's unlikely that either candidate thinks that part of the electorate will favor him because of a shared taste in entertainment.
While some argue that democracies are more peaceful to one another because of a shared culture, others consider the main factor to be structural (or institutional).
He said that members and invited guests "come to our meetings because of a shared commitment to the forum's mission of improving the state of the world".
Judge Robertson described himself as a Democrat who came to know Mr. Rowland, a Republican, because of a shared interest in urban politics and urban renewal.
And then to devote a full page of the Book Review to a preposterous "essay" claiming that the Beat Generation writers and the Tea Party are alike because of a shared affinity for "individual freedom"?
