This book, written by a company insider and games expert, is a slender, affectionate retrospective look at the firm's glory years, combined with a mournful account of its decline, including some well-aimed digs at those responsible.
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''She was a very affectionate and tough woman at the same time.
Chandra, a middle class housewife, says she would prefer a daughter because she believes they are more affectionate and helpful to the parents than a son in the longer run.
It is from this world that Edward Stourton comes also, and he regards it with a detached yet affectionate eye.
And I am the bearer of a respectful and affectionate greeting of the Mexican people to this nation, which is our neighbor and friend.
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Was Pope Benedict able to erase the perception that he is a distant academic or is he now seen as a warm and affectionate, grandfather-like figure, much like his predecessor?
The Parsons show, conceived and carried out by Christopher Mount, director of exhibitions and public programs, is an evocative exercise in nostalgia and revisionism, with a bit of affectionate proselytizing thrown in.
The affectionate but critical description of Isaiah Berlin, a friend and colleague who both inspired and disappointed him, is particularly gripping.
And if we consider that Michigan State, affectionately known as Sparty, also beat Wisconsin in October, your common sense would surely tell you Sparty would get the affectionate nod as the second team to play in a BCS bowl game.
"In Affectionate Remembrance of English Cricket" was the headline of a spoof obituary in the Sporting Times.
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"Poilu", a word meaning hairy or tough, is the affectionate name given since Napoleonic times to French foot soldiers.
She looks after her kid, her scapegrace younger sister (Emily Blunt), and her affectionate but unsteady father (Alan Arkin), while carrying on a motel-room love affair with a married cop (Steve Zahn).
I'm often accused of being a Luddite -- mostly based on my fervent and affectionate clinging to several physical objects that are quickly becoming cultural artifacts: the ink pen, the paper book, and the vinyl record -- but those items haven't been the only 'evidence' my accusers have historically cited.
Forrest Gump was O'Donnell's affectionate nickname when he played for Celtic, in honour of his tireless running - a characteristic of the film's main character, played by Tom Hanks.
It was critical for them to see Jacquie and me holding hands, kissing, being affectionate, talking to one another calmly and lovingly, and for the girls to experience a stable home.
However, what lingers most vividly in the memory is his affectionate, gently mocking and frequently moving evocation in the first third of the book of a period and a society that, though not long gone, seems now to be from an entirely different age.
The Wii controller's resemblance to a TV remote sure hasn't been lost on us -- hence the affectionate "Wiimote" moniker that most people have assigned to the unique little controller -- but it doesn't look like it's been lost on Nintendo either.
If you are a benign god, your land will be green and lovely, and your creature civilised and affectionate.
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