I have seen brothers and sisters coo to one another with sheer, unabashed affection, and wondered how they managed to get it right and we didn't.
"And then you have an open day like you had here [on Sunday] and you just see the sheer love and affection for horses.
WASHINGTON — Maybe it was the unexpected warmth of the gesture, the sheer enveloping display of affection.
Parody mingles with affection and sheer ingenuity in a repertory so huge that it's anyone's guess what they'll play onstage.
The circus balls up the world's flamboyance and presents it for our entertainment -- provoking apprehension, belly laughter, exotic poignance, sheer amazement and even, perhaps, an abbreviated affection for a particular stranger's brave grace.
As the year has worn on, however, high-profile performances of some of Tippett's finest work have been impossible to ignore, and the visceral energy and sheer human warmth of the music have been garnering considerable affection.
While 1995's Toy Story was groundbreaking, endlessly creative and a sheer delight, 1998's A Bug's Life failed to generate the excitement and affection that would spawn an expected franchise.
