The people I talked to there had been so kind and sweet toward me, both on the phone and in person, that it took me a very long time to understand that they would never hire me.
The service also celebrated a life that endured a few rough patches after basketball but had turned almost fairy-tale sweet toward its end: Harris had reconnected with his wife, Marianne, become a star salesman at North Side Toyota/Scion and was the proud patriarch of a large extended family that treasured him.
Adolescence is a sweet stumble toward awareness, and Hanson is taking it in front of a fickle audience.
Rename her Rosie (she has a lovely pink tongue and nose) or Fauna (she has a Bambi-ish beige body) and Red will be reborn — at the sad expense of Spike, whose veterinary attendants christened him Maximus, in honor of his struggle to survive and his sweet behavior toward them.
In a sweet moment toward the end of the night, Soloway introduced a poignant song meant for Maura to sing on "Transparent," explaining her initial attraction to Shelly while still living as a man.
Khechemyan's appetizers are mostly from the repertoire of Armenian meze, but his main courses and sweets lean toward Iran, and he talks a lot about the flavors of Georgia.
If anything, there is a tendency toward sweet and salty combinations that make heavy use of ripe plantains and sweet vegetables like pumpkin and sweet potato.
"The only thing I can say is that the younger generation has become more and more health conscious and are leaning toward sweet potatoes," she said.
The whole novel feels decorous and protective toward sweet, blunted Eliza Caine, who seems like a nice girl and someone who doesn't need any more problems, natural or supernatural, in her life.
The results are elaborate, and tend toward sweet, like the Belclare, from Franky Marshall, of the Tippler, which combines cognac, grapefruit liqueur, lemon juice, and absinthe to evoke a lemon drop with a deep licorice kick.
Though the Hudson Valley is the oldest winemaking region in the country — it was first planted by French Huguenots in the 17th century — by the 20th century, its few wines tended toward sweet, cloyingly fruity champagnes and ports.
