And the way that they gained power was by earning the affections of the Emperor through their daughters.
Released in 1995, the first film, directed by Chris Noonan, who also wrote the screenplay with Mr. Miller, spins an enchantingly sunny tale about a young orphaned pig who becomes a prize-winning sheep herder, thereby earning the affections of the farmer (James Cromwell) who might otherwise have made bacon and chops of him.
Shake up the teaching profession and Ms Bachelet will have earned the affection she widely inspires.
Behind his gruff, rude manner was a gruff, rude man, albeit one who earned the affection of some colleagues.
She worked here for fifty-four years, most of them as its Grammarian (a title invented for her), and she earned the affection and gratitude of generations of writers.
In the past year, the archbishop has earned the affection of many priests who bristled under the sometimes peremptory style of Cardinal Egan.
An anchor at WNBC since 1980, Ms. Simmons earned the affection of New Yorkers, initially on the long-running "Live at Five" program in the 1980s and 1990s, and on Wednesday some of them wanted an explanation from the station.
The same is true of movies, and this one, anarchic and occasionally slipshod as it may be, was made with enough care to earn the affection of its fans.
Napster, the Internet service that earned the affection of the masses and the wrath of the record industry by enabling users to trade unauthorized copies of music for free, announced plans to go legit.
