But in general the only sweetness a true lover of liberty could allow himself in tea was the kind Shelley found at the home of his friends the Boinvilles in 1814: the delicate grace of a young woman as she handed him a cup, and her tenderness as she sponged him down afterwards (he having spilt the stuff in his emotion).

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Father opened the door and with astonishing tenderness pulled her to his chest and kissed her head.

NEWYORKER: Naima

But always, when he was interviewed later, always had this enormous tenderness about her, and also a very nice assessment of her character and her nature.

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And I got to see for a very long time, until her passing, the tenderness that he felt for his grandmother and how grateful he was that long after she should have retired, she was still waking up every morning to catch that bus to her job at the bank, doing everything she could to support their family.

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The director, long resident in the United States, follows her on visits to the many villages where she taught, approaches her and her circle of friends and relations with a festive tenderness and a frank openness, and draws her into several cleverly staged events.

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One of the many rewards of Michelle Rodriguez's performance -- another remarkable debut -- and of the film as a whole, is the tenderness that Diana reveals to her boyfriend, along with the newfound strength, as this troubled child of the Brooklyn projects learns to direct her rage into her fists.

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In her own portraiture, Ms. Jolie mixes tenderness with implacable toughness.

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Amid all the solemnity and pageantry, there was a moment of tenderness as the king crowned his new queen, touching her face and smiling.

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