When Ms. Calmenson lifts her 21 pounds onto a lap, Rosie sits very still, allowing herself to be touched and rubbed while she figures out how much overt affection this person might want back.
In terms of communication between my parents, the one thing that's interesting is: you don't see -- amongst Indian parents, that often, who emigrated from India -- you don't see overt affection and love.
Parents in rural Mwanza were deeply concerned about the well-being and future prospects of their children [ 40], even though overt expressions of affection were unusual.
Today it would be unseemly if major figures comparable to Winston Churchill, General Douglas MacArthur and Sigmund Freud were so overt in their affection for tobacco.
The code, which applies to gays and heterosexuals, says "unacceptable social conduct," including sexual harassment and overt displays of affection, will result in disciplinary action.
'Glad to hear you've got the old man back on the boards,' says Wheeldon in a clipped communique broadcast by Nunn and Trevitt (even in the Royal Ballet, Englishmen don't let the side down with overt expressions of affection).
It did not matter that affection was not overt, this would have frightened me, and many others, who had already learned to distrust adults at an early age.
The "clingers" were "overt in their neediness," requiring constant explanations, affection, and attention.
Additionally, the study indicated that teenagers resent seeing their mothers showing affection to other men; their mothers' overt sexuality can be troubling and confusing for teens.
And, you know, in the South, I mean, really, which one's worse: being outed at your job or being outed at church?" So in the American south, with an unprotected LGBT population of more than 100,000 in Alabama alone facing discrimination both overt and covert, "gay couples don't really show affection," Tori said.
Also rising out of the Beat's time and place, and out of Mr. Wakeling's affection for the music of Bob Marley, was the band's overt emphasis on politics (not to mention political action, like benefit concerts for the unemployed).
