Some worry about alienating effects, as youngsters seek companionship and affection in microchip and plastic.
And the American paid tribute to the crowds who have shown him such affection in his 14 Wimbledon campaigns.
It is not uncommon to see young people singing Happy Birthday or organizing other public displays of affection in Moscow.
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There's hope for a renewal of affection in the new generation.
The still-touring singer, whose grip on public affection in France is matched only by his obscurity elsewhere, says that 70% of his earnings go to the state.
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Young lovers in Victorian England, forbidden to express their affection in public and fearful that strict parents would intercept their billets-doux, sent coded messages through the personal columns in newspapers.
A. Dickey had been on a pitcher's mound in New York, Mets fans showered him with affection in September after he became the team's first 20-game winner in more than two decades.
Kelly has the audience on his side before he even steps on stage, and the affection in which he is held shows itself in spontaneous applause, which interrupts the second-act fight at the moment when Lennie starts to win.
He was a gentleman of the first order, inspiring in his subordinates unflagging loyalty and deep affection and in his adversaries - foreign and domestic - genuine, if often grudging, respect.
Well into the nineteen-fifties, psychologists were encouraging parents to give children less attention and affection, in order to encourage independence.
He ruled, based on the testimony of several witnesses, that she physically abused Coleman in public, led him around by the hand like a child, displayed no physical affection towards him in front of anyone, and told others that they slept in separate rooms.
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Clearly EU leaders have not yet found a way to reverse what seems like an inexorable decline in affection for the European project.
So far, there's some laughter in the early episodes of "The Muppets" and a ton of built-in affection, but the wait for a great show continues.
Though no signs of affection were present in the photos, they served as validation of a rumored romance between Jolie and her Mr. and Mrs.
Lord Howarth, a Tory MP before he defected to Labour, said he had known Mr Pickles for many years and held him "in affection" but he appeared to have forgotten "he is no longer chairman of the Conservative Party".
In the 2011 book "Conversations with Scorsese" by Richard Schickel, the legendary filmmaker talked about his affection for the characters in "Goodfellas, " many of whom were just like people he knew growing up.
Right here: The Democrats are not exactly swimming in the affection, respect and trust of the citizenry.
And through decades of differences, Americans have been united in their affection for this country and its people.
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He is held in great affection by everyone who has worked with him and was treated by him.
That man clearly had a unique place in the affection of Jesus.
There's affection for the monarch in Jamaica and for her relatives.
Public displays of affection are frowned upon in mainstream society, so at midnight, the only fireworks were in the sky: there was no kissing even among couples.
The prime minister is not held in deep affection by his party, but he commands great respect for having done what no other Labour leader has come close to achieving: delivered two successive landslide majorities.
Instead of subverting our ideas about 2000 AD most well-known protagonist, this Prog seems to solidify what we already know: In a world where slabwalkers of any gender can be rented for temporary affection, Dredd ignores it all in favor of his true love, the law.
Born a commoner, she won the affection of King Louis XV in 1745, becoming his chief mistress and gaining nobility.
Men often imagine winning a girl's affection by proving their worth in a battle against someone or something that threatens their loved one's life.
His affection for her is visible in the letters he writes from the war front, but Shanti had to reconcile himself to a relationship in which there were rooms that were closed off.
The whole team has put great effort into refreshing the programme in recent weeks but it is still not engaging the attention and affection of viewers to a level to warrant investing in a further year.
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