His job is a tricky one: nurturing the Dutch city's ever-expanding night economy, while satisfying residents and public officials who would sometimes rather it didn't exist.
Engagement likely also grew by the infectious enthusiasm of the students, with the ideas and curiosity of one nurturing the interest of others.
Happily, Doug lives in a world where an unhappy boy in desperate need of guidance is passed from one nurturing adult to the next, beginning with the elderly librarian, Mr. Powell, who reaches past Doug's defenses to teach him how to draw the birds that have moved him so.
We had the same after 9/11; still, one nurtures the illusion that people learn.
Not even Shaun Bartlett's big day, one nurtured in childhood at a time it seemed impossible to attain, could keep South Africa alive in its first World Cup.
The "Mac you'd expect" is the old one, nurtured by rages like the one in 1981 against Ted James, the Wimbledon chair umpire, whom he called "the pits of the world" and to whom he uttered what should be his Bartlett's entry: "You cannot be serious," which later became the title of his memoir.
And as with any large, clandestine economic system, this one nurtures criminal groups, armed groups, terrorist organizations, and systemic large-scale corruption throughout its network.
The idea is to slow down life enough to observe each of the 10 principles (Avoid Technology, Connect With Loved Ones, Nurture Your Health, Get Outside, Avoid Commerce, Light Candles, Drink Wine, Eat Bread, Find Silence, Give Back) one day per week, from sunset to sunset.
All it really takes is one supportive, nurturing relationship to make all the difference.
I started taking one healthy, nurturing step at a time, literally.
This is a 91-item questionnaire measuring parent attitudes toward parenting and yields two scaled scores: one for nurturing and one for restrictive parenting styles.
