| 单词 | avuncular |
| 例句 | “Afternoon, young man,” he said, with an avuncular chuckle, as he passed Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z But the officer’s contempt is not, as in other armies, avuncular theatricality. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that’s ridiculous,” he said, flashing an avuncular grin that I suspected was generated by whatever diplomacy software he was running. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But my father knew—and I knew—that there was more than just avuncular love at stake for him in these visits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I wash, he dries, and he asks me benign, avuncular, maddening questions, such as how do I like Grade Nine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Men of such cold intellect are often in want of a softening influence; here, Terence Wilton's Colonel Pickering assumes the role of avuncular sidekick. Pygmalion 2010-05-18T20:29:00Z He could be avuncular, raunchy, kind or macabre. Music Review: Celebrating a Twisted, Elegant Versifier 2011-08-07T21:46:32Z As a composer, Mr. Toussaint packed that avuncular warmth and street wisdom into tight moral dramas and testimonies of love. An Allen Toussaint Tribute by New Orleans’s Modern-Day All-Stars 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z And with the loss of Dale, the avuncular, sometimes annoying, but stalwart moral compass, the group is down more than just someone who could fix cars and was decent with a firearm. The Walking Dead Watch: Judge, Jury, Executioner 2012-03-05T13:45:16Z Dating all the way back to Steve Allen on “The Tonight Show,” the late night variety show has been associated with quick-witted avuncular males. No more Jimmys on late night: Why we need more women comedians hosting now 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The most impressive battle of wits occurs during the interrogation scenes at police headquarters, where Maigret sheds his avuncular pose and vents his righteous anger — an explosion of rage that was Gabin’s trademark. In ‘Maigret Sets a Trap,’ Pack Your Pipe and Track a Killer 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z He certainly has a different idea of what an avuncular hero looks like. Michel Gondry: 'I wanted to bring out Jim Carrey's sadness' 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Unlike many avuncular critics of identity politics, Fukuyama is sympathetic to the good such politics does — above all, making the privileged aware of their effect on marginalized groups. What Is Identity? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “The Authority of the Court” reads like what it is — an avuncular polemic constructed by an exemplary technocrat, blithely secure in the nobility of his intentions. Revisiting Justice Stephen Breyer’s Curious (and Strangely Timed) Defense of the Court 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “I will be brutal: We do not want tourists,” said Mr. Adduce, an avuncular gentleman in a crisp shirt and thickly knotted tie. An Ancient Corner of Italy Finds the World on Its Doorstep 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In person, Gibson, 46, has a friendly, avuncular vibe. In the Twittersphere, the D.C. Council went from dry to wry thanks to this guy 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z There’s an avuncular bartender in “Sweat,” portrayed at O.S.F. by Jack Willis, who also originated the role of L.B.J. in “All the Way” and played King Lear a season later. American Playwrights Try to Reinvent the History Play 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z But there were many others throughout his life, each encompassing a side to the avuncular essayist most readers didn’t see. “Every man reads one book in his life, and this one is mine”: E.B. White’s lifelong conversation with Thoreau’s “Walden” 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z I think it’s hard for people to square the avuncular guy on TV who cracked jokes and fired people with the real Donald J. Trump. Writer Greg Olear on “Dirty Rubles”: Trump is “gravest existential threat” to America in... 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z By the show’s end, you sense the profound fortitude that lay beneath the avuncular surface of this giant, and you are newly appreciative of his singular place in history. Theater Review: Louis Armstrong Reminisces in ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ 2014-03-21T00:30:14Z It's useful to have his voice in your head, as many paragraphs begin with a warm avuncular invitation to pay attention. Ignorance by Stuart Firestein; It's Not Rocket Science by Ben Miller – review 2012-07-19T10:00:04Z His murderer is not just a cartoon sweaty creep but someone who could, however briefly and unconvincingly, convey something sufficiently amiable or avuncular to get away with his monstrous murders. Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Anarchic but avuncular … Sam Rockwell, seen here with Liam James, plays an amusement park manager Owen in The Way, Way Back. Sundance film festival 2013: The Way, Way Back – first look review 2013-01-24T13:07:47Z Mr. Lee, 89, said in an avuncular, resonant voice as he thumbed through the leaflet's pages. ArtsBeat: Stan Lee, Still a True Believer, Spends a Day on AMC's 'Comic Book Men' 2012-09-10T12:32:06Z Henk Schiffmacher, creator of the venture, is big and avuncular, like a heavy metal farmer, gob full of gold and covered in ink. Amsterdam Tattoo Museum features the macabre and the beautiful 2012-07-26T09:21:32Z Moore's transformation from 1930s enfant terrible, whose pin-headed, perforated and determinedly anonymous biomorphs so shocked his contemporaries, into avuncular elder statesman, is an extraordinary chapter in the history of taste. Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy - review 2011-01-15T00:05:50Z No matter how old or avuncular, how long they’ve known you, or how tight they’ve always been with your momma’s people. Lonnae O’Neal: The other talk — the one for daughters 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The depressed, enigmatic Aki and the grizzled, avuncular Paul don’t meet until an hour into the movie, when he knocks on her hotel door while investigating a murder. Review: ‘Man From Reno,’ a Mystery of Missing Persons and Priceless Turtles 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z In the opening scene, the avuncular Walt is at pains to relieve Daniel’s anxiety about what might take place at the camp. Theater Review: ‘A Great Wilderness,’ by Samuel D. Hunter, Opens in Seattle 2014-02-11T22:02:45Z He impersonates an avuncular soft-scientist with a simply explained theory about the world and a set of suggestions for how understanding his theory can make us healthier, wealthier and wiser. Office Politics: How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks by Oliver James – review 2013-02-14T07:00:02Z “You said you’d come to the show and you did!” he sang out with avuncular warmth. For This Theater Leader, a Mission That Goes Beyond the Stage 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Freeman’s deft performance as the grouchy but loyal Watson is one of the show’s pleasures, along with Rupert Graves’s avuncular take on Inspector Lestrade. | 'Sherlock': The Latest Sherlock Hears a ?Who? 2010-10-21T22:24:00Z Once the prototypical long-haired, insouciant rocker, he now affects an avuncular look, with a shock of snow white hair, à la the older Cary Grant, and a pair of black Buddy Holly specs. Nick Lowe, Back With a New Album, ?That Old Magic? 2011-09-13T19:59:12Z The avuncular pair, renowned for chillingly accurate, if uncomfortable, observations, have meticulously sharpened their analysis. 'Betrayal of the American Dream': short-term gain, long-term pain 2012-08-22T19:00:06Z Somewhere in the middle of these gratuitous reminders, the voice of Mr. Jones offers the avuncular admonition to “make a statement.” Review: A Message-Heavy Bill T. Jones Dance-Theater Collage 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Once Priest decides to pursue his “last score,” he seeks help from his mentor in crime, Scatter, played by an avuncular but cautiously sinister Michael Kenneth Williams. Review: ‘Superfly’ Adds Bling to an Old Tale 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z "Kind, avuncular, overweight and too old to be leading an expedition into the Arctic," Franklin and 128 officers and crewmen set out in two steamships on July 12, 1845. 'The Man Who Ate His Boots': The Northwest Passage ? it had to be there 2010-03-19T22:30:00Z Here, he is almost unrecognizably avuncular in a polo shirt. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 6: Brick by Brick 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Though Garcia is often remembered as Captain Trips, the avuncular psychedelic cheerleader, Mr. Bar-Lev locates in him something darker and lonelier. Grateful Dead Documentary: A Four-Hour Jam on Jerry Garcia’s World 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z But he is also Citizen Ken, magnanimous and avuncular when he encourages his boss at The New Yorker, David Remnick, to publish the young journalist Ronan Farrow’s investigation of Weinstein’s misdeeds. ‘Hollywood Ending,’ a Cradle-to-Prison Biography of Harvey Weinstein 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z She brings out a whole new side to Matt," he said, "it gives us a much more sort of grownup and slightly avuncular Doctor, which is really great fun. Doctor Who: The Snowmen – Christmas special 2012 2012-12-25T18:15:00Z His mission, simply put, was to expose the widest possible audience to potentially eye-opening movies, and his good-humored, avuncular manner was evident both on the page and in person. Tribute to Amos Vogel at Anthology Film Archives 2013-02-02T19:03:08Z Soon, though, he loses patience, and his avuncular good will snaps when yet another fan begins to genuflect in Spanish, his native tongue. Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dance of Reality’ takes a look at his painful childhood in Chile He means to sound mad but comes off more as slick and avuncular. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z His persona is avuncular yet sometimes also accusatory. Review: In ‘Antarctica: Ice and Sky,’ a Scientist’s Life Work 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z That voice can be almost avuncular, the wry cackle of a codger who still has an eye for the ladies. New Music: BOB DYLAN, review 2012-09-10T16:28:05Z His big onscreen break seems to have come at precisely the right time in his life; he has the gravitas of a grownup, but is also charming and mischievous—more avuncular than fatherly. Larry Wilmore Attempts to Be Seriously Funny 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z He strikes an avuncular, professorial figure at home in his low-ceilinged cottage just outside of Oxford. Philip Pullman Has Made a Career Building New Worlds. He’s Not Done Yet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z When he alighted on a score that passed muster, setting Mr. De Silva scrambling to find the corresponding piano part, he turned to the audience and introduced the piece in a mildly joking, avuncular tone. Itzhak Perlman Returns for Solo Recital at Lincoln Center 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z It is hard to tell whether this is a deliberate choice abetted by John Lithgow’s direction or if McGrath is not a crafty enough performer to shake off a naturally avuncular demeanor. Review: In ‘Everything’s Fine,’ the Discomfort of Adolescence 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z He made good and forgettable movies, disappeared, re-emerged and matured into avuncular roles. Remembering James Caan and His Potent Mix of Swagger and Delicacy 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z There will be a constant overarching sense of avuncular joviality. Play Great British Bake Off bingo with the celebrity special 2013-01-21T12:12:58Z “Listen mate,” he said, in a comforting, avuncular tone. How psychopaths take over 2012-10-13T17:00:00Z The driver was an older gent, and when he spoke, to ask me where I was going, he sounded avuncular, too. In Roald Dahl’s Car 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z It also mercifully interrupts a tone that leans dangerously toward cracker-barrel omniscience, evoking Garrison Keillor spinning folksy tales of Lake Wobegon crossed with the avuncular narrator of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” | 'It?s Always Right Now, Until It?s Later': ?It?s Always Right Now, Until It?s Later? - Review 2012-01-09T03:01:00Z For the first time in its history, it is not directed by Guy Darmet, an avuncular genial presence indissolubly associated with the festival since its inception in 1984. Critic’s Notebook: Dominique Hervieu Leads Her First Lyon Dance Biennial 2012-09-18T22:30:06Z Pope Francis is known for his casual, avuncular style, but the Vatican is not accustomed to sharing top billing with Sting, who wrote the main theme of the show, as they do on the playbill. Bringing the Sistine Chapel to Life, With the Vatican’s Blessing 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z But “My Uncle Rafael” stumbles over forced plotting and setups and falls prey to its hero’s avuncular mushiness. Movie Review: ‘My Uncle Rafael,’ With a Reality-Show Armenian 2012-09-20T23:43:01Z More recently, and perhaps more improbably, he has become an avuncular ambassador of sleaze culture who has seen “Hairspray” transformed into a family-friendly stage musical and movie adaptation. ArtsBeat: John Waters Tries Some Desperate Living on a Cross-Country Hitchhiking Odyssey 2012-05-25T13:29:55Z Cotton, an avuncular figure, was 50 when the programme first aired. Billy Cotton: A life less ordinary 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z “Fred, as an actor, could appear at the same time avuncular and congenial and warm and cuddly — and also dangerous and brutal, quite threatening,” Ms. Akalaitis said in an interview this week. Frederick Neumann, Actor and Director, Dies at 86 2012-12-06T21:12:13Z A bespectacled, avuncular figure, Peale was not prone to angry public outbursts. How Trump got religion — and why his legendary minister’s son now rejects him 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Might Lorne Michaels pop his head in to offer some avuncular advice? Urban Fervor: '30 Rock' Shares Details of Its Live Episode 2010-10-12T14:10:00Z In person, he comes across less like the mac daddy of disco, and more like its avuncular Mr. Magoo. Giorgio Moroder Still Feels Love at 77 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z That vision of an avuncular male host interviewing stars from behind a desk is nearly as old as NBC itself, dating back to 1954. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Those wild, largely forgotten days clash with the avuncular image that has been Cosby’s most enduring impression on American culture. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations The tone is avuncular, aiming for that audience that was once called middlebrow. An avuncular Frank Gehry takes to the Web in new online master class 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s heavy stuff delivered in a warm, avuncular tone with a twinkle in his eye. Review: ‘Anesthesia’ Ponders the Meaningfulness of Life 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Searcy’s avuncular but capable chief deputy marshal was a key figure throughout the six seasons of “Justified.” Mike Hale on the Emmy Awards 2015: Predictions, Wishes and What-Ifs 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Also on Friday’s bill was Gil Scott-Heron, 61, the poet turned singer who made his political advice avuncular as he played electric-piano vamps: “If you believe in peace, time to go to work,” he sang. Newbies and the Reunited Gather in the Desert 2010-04-19T21:37:00Z Many of them still astound — even if the avuncular sexual innuendos and women’s names in most of their titles are by now wearying, the stale artifacts of a malign, oblivious era. The Great Beginning of Jules Olitski 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Accompanying himself on piano and singing in the dry, avuncular voice of a dedicated teacher imparting his wisdom to a fidgety class, Mr. Frishberg last week delivered it as offhand scripture. Music Review: Bernie, Dorothy and That Interior Voice 2011-03-22T20:00:28Z "People come here to swim, or have a coffee, and sooner or later they will fall in love with art," says Piano, his slow, avuncular tones making the gallery-as-regeneration-machine formula sound deceptively simple. Renzo Piano's new Oslo art gallery is a strangely soulless place 2012-10-11T12:30:00Z The Doctor is a beacon of goodness, and that’s why he can survive all these different permutations — an abrasive character or an avuncular character or a strange character. Peter Capaldi Prepares for His Final Season of ‘Doctor Who’ 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “He was kind of an enigma. He could be very avuncular one minute and very petty the next.” Richard Thomas of ‘The Americans’ on Agent Gaad’s Fate, John-Boy and Jimmy Carter 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z One of the jokes here is that the artist, incarnated as an avuncular soul by Donald Sutherland, has no body of work — at least that anybody’s seen. ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’ Review: Modern Art, Misogyny and Murder 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Freeman's deft performance as the grouchy but loyal Watson is one of the show's pleasures, along with Rupert Graves' avuncular take on Inspector Lestrade. 'Sherlock': A modern Holmes battles crime on PBS 2010-10-22T23:55:00Z Gottschall, while expressing an avuncular bonhomie toward the younger pastor, quibbles with his approach, but Hugo reports that everybody else loves him. A megachurch's backstage drama plays out at the Blank Theatre 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z He was avuncular, a charmer, wide in his human sympathies. ‘Mike Nichols’ Captures a Star-Studded Life That Shuttled Between Broadway and Hollywood 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z And as Colonel Sanders, Masakatsu Toriyama both looks and acts the part of the avuncular fellow so familiar to us all, at least from distant television commercials. Review: ‘Kafka on the Shore,’ a Metaphysical Odyssey Adapted From Murakami’s Novel 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z When he's not swooning at royalty, or pursuing a cameo on a certain Mancunian soap opera, he's busy maintaning his position as the avuncular elder statesman of rap. Bloc.2012: festival preview 2012-07-03T16:20:00Z He became an almost avuncular figure in Brooklyn, regularly seen walking his daughters to school. Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z And sure enough, he was a pleasant, avuncular guy in his 60s, and we had a nice chat as the guests filed toward the open bar. Adam Mansbach: My year on the bestseller list 2012-12-12T01:00:00Z Most media critics also chastised Mr. Godfrey, whose avuncular image began to crumble. Julius La Rosa, Singer Who Was Fired on the Air by Arthur Godfrey, Dies at 86 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z The avuncular “Sunday Morning” host, Charles Kuralt, came, too, to provide reporting and commentary. How CBS stole the show in covering Tiananmen Square I think he would hate to be called avuncular. Urban Fervor: '30 Rock' Shares Details of Its Live Episode 2010-10-12T14:10:00Z The rest of the album offers more bleakness, more consolation, more romance and more avuncular wisdom from Mr. Cohen, who long ago proved himself one of rock’s most profound aphorists. Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The allegations are all the more disturbing given the disparity between what these women claim to have experienced and what audiences know of Cosby’s gentle, avuncular humor and his status as a beloved television dad. Yes, Bill Cosby Actually Told a Joke About Drugging Women In a Comedy Routine 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z G. Valmont Thomas is superb as Sheldon, an older player whose survival tools are avuncular humor and deference to white authority. ‘Trouble in Mind’: A timely look at prejudice, principle 2013-07-24T23:15:10Z Convince her that her disappearance is necessary for the party, and soon everyone will get to return to the avuncular comfort of a dude like Joe Biden. Perspective | The Nancyness of Nancy Pelosi: What hating her says about us 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z If you think Rupert Murdoch has only been pushing mainstream journalism rightward and for the worse since 9/11, Maury Povich will avuncularly disabuse you of that notion in "The Murdochs: Empire of Influence." With “The Murdochs: Empire of Influence," CNN has its "Succession" 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z At 68, Mr. Stewart isn’t bleak like Bob Dylan, cranky like Iggy Pop, bemused like Neil Young or avuncular like Paul Simon on their most recent albums. New Music: New Music by Rod Stewart (‘Time’) and the Uncluded 2013-05-06T21:55:51Z In effect, it’s a movie of the Old West meeting the New West—of the ghost of the bloody gunfighter morphing into an avuncular and folksy spirit of personal, inner adventure. What to Stream Over Thanksgiving: The Best Film by the Coen Brothers 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Does he feel the cuddly, avuncular Alan Bennett is a misrepresentation? Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z It’s heartening to see Mr. Chan, who plays the avuncular leader of the guerrillas, demonstrating that he’s still game, but you wish his energy were being expended in more consistently enjoyable pictures. Review: ‘Railroad Tigers’ Features a Resourceful Jackie Chan 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The effect was like that of a séance, and the sinister edge was only augmented by Lustmord's appearance in a cosy fleece and avuncular spectacles – the outward ordinariness of the truly evil. Unsound of the underground ? the festival that feels like a s?ance 2010-10-27T15:33:00Z Eddie Brill, who has a large head, quick smile and gently avuncular manner, may be the most influential comic you have never heard of. Critic?s Notebook: Eddie Brill and the Comics on David Letterman?s Show 2012-01-11T23:09:20Z But the funniest performance comes from Tom Conti as the producer who seeks to exude avuncular reassurance while secretly aware that the show is under-capitalised. Smash! ? review 2011-04-01T20:30:00Z Mr. Tovey, in his droll, avuncular way, was also making a more practical point: Since the order of the pieces in the concert was changed, the printed program was now largely fictitious as well. Music Review: At Avery Fisher, Philharmonic?s Gently Scrambled Opera 2010-07-07T22:43:00Z He cuts a rather avuncular figure these days, and at one point breaks off from soloing to plant a kiss on Keith Richards' cheek, but there's nothing remotely cosy about his guitar playing. It's not quite all over now 2012-11-26T00:46:09Z He hits all of his best notes—charismatic ham, besieged and neurotic star, winking Hollywood skeptic, avuncular oracle, giddy conspirator—at just the right volume. Bill Murray’s Little Christmas Miracle 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z His past awards turns were memorable for his generally avuncular comportment dappled with a few off-color jokes. The 2020 Emmys give us stars, just like us! At home, waiting for something good to happen 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Zeke is a tattooed college dropout with an avuncular pleasantness and a bafflingly selective charisma. Pete Davidson has a puzzling yet undeniable charisma, but is he ready to be a movie star? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z This avuncular, nurturing Hefner, and not the sleek, night-owl playboy of decades past, is the one who emerges on “The Girls Next Door,” and may account in part for the success of that show. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z Order from an avuncular captain who offers generous pours. Drinks, ahoy, at the Octopus bar 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It was a winning formula built from the quick wits of contestants — generally writers and comedians — and the warm, avuncular oversight of Parsons. Nicholas Parsons, host of BBC’s ‘Just a Minute.’ dies at 96 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr. McGlaughlin, an avuncular host, brought to the assignment an encyclopedic reserve of pertinent trivia. Classical-Music Station Sponsors a Week of Chamber Works, On and Off the Air 2011-04-06T21:30:07Z Under Mr. Solomon, an avuncular, encouraging and epicurean leader, and his colorful assortment of longtime executives, the chain expanded: to New York, London, Asia, South America. Review: ‘All Things Must Pass’ Tells Story of Tower Records 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z And as he’s moved from snarky young man to avuncular wiseguy, he’s always been easy to both idolize and identify with. Jon Stewart isn’t perfect — and why should we expect him to be? 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Online footage shows the smartly suited, grey-haired director of the New York Philharmonic seated at a piano, a paragon of avuncular tolerance as he soberly professes his love of pop. Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z “With his diminutive stature, knobby features and avuncular paunch, he looked more like the neighborhood butcher than, say, the dashing Duke of Mantua,” The Washington Post wrote of Mr. Bergonzi in 2004. Carlo Bergonzi, Masterful Operatic Tenor, Dies at 90 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z He distills on-site with a team of five volunteers — local retired men, an avuncular crew of nostalgic hobbyists. In the Netherlands, a foray into cocktail history 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z It was more of a plea than a poem — the avuncular words of an ordinary Joe. Perspective | America yearns for an era of good feeling. The inaugural ceremony launched one. 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z At once avuncular and sinister, Dickens's solicitor could have been written for Coltrane, and in fact the whole film feels uncannily well-suited to him. Robbie Coltrane: 'I take no nonsense' 2012-11-09T22:59:00Z Gravel, in his appearances, comes across as avuncular, eager to share ideas but even more eager to encourage young acolytes. ‘American Gadfly’ Review: A Candid Candidacy 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z I recently met Mr. Rudel, still lively and avuncular at 89, for an interview in his apartment on Central Park West. Music: Julius Rudel, Still Keeping Tabs on City Opera 2010-03-17T21:03:00Z And it took him more than a decade to find another stage role that he wanted: Donny, the avuncular owner of a shabby junk shop. Laurence Fishburne Cools Down With Classic Jazz and Cashmere Blankets 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z But younger fans will remember him for his portrayal of a much crueler avuncular figure - Harry Potter's red-faced and bullying uncle Vernon Dursley. Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies after surgery 2013-03-29T13:17:51Z There are good moments, strong scenes and brief turns from familiar faces, including Donald Sutherland, a human jolt, sinister and avuncular; and Ruth Negga, as a longtime, unsettled Mars dweller. ‘Ad Astra’ Review: Brad Pitt Orbits the Powers of Darkness 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Hanks evokes an idea of avuncular visionary charm, and doesn’t have much to do beyond that. Review: In ‘The Circle,’ Click Here if You Think You’re Being Watched 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Anyone familiar with the comics isn't going to be surprised that Mysterio, who presented himself as a hero and avuncular figure to Parker, was in fact a villain the entire time. "Spider-Man: Far From Home" is a good movie made great by its final act 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Sunday’s awards show on CBS was no exception, despite the best efforts and relatively smooth execution of the arch, avuncular Colbert. "The Handmaid's Tale," "Veep" take top prizes at the 2017 Emmys 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “The pandemic is a global problem; the difference is, in other countries the government plays an avuncular role,” he added. Arts groups in distress call on a former Kennedy Center president for help 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z He reached millions of readers with his straightforward prose, and a vastly larger universe of TV viewers in the ‘80s and ‘90s with his gruff but avuncular presence. RIP Roger Ebert: Movie criticism’s Great Communicator 2013-04-05T01:10:00Z Mamet contrasts Teach’s macho postures with Don’s gentler but by no means refined version of masculinity: avuncular yet menacing, slower to anger yet never quite nice. Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Whether playing the ecstatic tissue-tearing child, the photographing parent, the maidenly aunt or avuncular uncle, we are never more “literary” than we are on Christmas morning. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z And there is the experienced Nettles as a Claudius who declines from avuncular jocularity to a rattled insecurity. Review: Hamlet 2010-09-23T11:41:00Z Together, though at different avuncular registers, Ronald and Dean help initiate Tim into convention rituals, including bleary nights at the bar, flirtations and official and unofficial team building. | 'Cedar Rapids': An Innocent Abroad, at a Convention in Iowa 2011-02-10T22:17:34Z Gilligan, who is 45 but speaks with an avuncular southern drawl that makes him sound 20 years older, made his name working on The X Files. Breaking Bad: from Mr Chips to Scarface 2012-05-18T23:03:00Z To have someone like that, when you are just starting out, as an avuncular, paternal buddy, who you could ring up and shoot the breeze with, and talk it all through: what a privilege. The Crown writer Peter Morgan on William Goldman: 'He was just a sublime storyteller' 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Kislyak, who became ambassador in 2008, grew to be a popular Washington insider whose avuncular style helped build many relationships. Has a U.S. College Given Russia Too Friendly a Platform? 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z In my most avuncular Santa voice I said, “Merry Christmas, Calvin.” I was bad Santa 2012-12-25T12:45:00Z When I met Amos, some 20 years after the Voice article, he was less combative than amiably avuncular. A Master of Mixing and Matching Movies Gets a Citywide Tribute 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The rehearsal, which Mr. Braxton ended with words of avuncular encouragement, was being held in advance of a four-day festival of his music, this Wednesday through Saturday at Roulette in Brooklyn. The Tri-Centric Festival Honors Anthony Braxton 2011-10-04T21:19:10Z Now 59, he's speaking about the memoir at the Edinburgh book festival and – while he's long left that ranting standup alter ego behind – bibliophiles may discern revolutionary fury behind the avuncular, man-of-letters persona. Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z He was also sly and avuncular, making droll, deadpan comments in his sepulchral voice. An Appraisal: Leonard Cohen, Master of Meanings and Incantatory Verse 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z It's left to the avuncular figure of Tom Robinson to lead the only obvious singalong – "Glad to Be Gay" – and drop a bombshell. Meltdown 2010: An Evening of Political Song; the Duckworth Lewis Method; Seasick Steve 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z “Look for the helpers,” it says, quoting the avuncular television icon. Chris Murphy’s gun-control crusade has arrived back where it began 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z His open-door vision of country, which embraces jazzy harmonies; western swing; gospel piano; pop songs; outlaw irreverence; rock drive; and a kindly, avuncular wisdom, is the city’s presiding musical spirit. New Year’s Eve 2017: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z An avuncular Martin fielded a query about his penchant for offing much-loved characters with characteristic verve: "I mourn all the characters as I kill them," he said. Game of Thrones: we should go out with a dance number, says Dinklage 2011-07-22T09:13:22Z The relationship I found most convincing was that of the nurturing George, whom Mr. Fleisher manages to make both fey and avuncular, and the childlike Carson. Theater Review: ‘February House,’ at the Public Theater 2012-05-23T02:00:01Z Then a car did stop, a comfortable, avuncular car smelling of leather and cigarette smoke. In Roald Dahl’s Car 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Morris serves as an avuncular and at times comic narrator, waving his arms wildly as he tries to explain the fascination criminal trials exert on us. ‘A Wilderness of Error’ Review: Errol Morris in the Fog of Murder 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z In popular culture today, Twain is “Colonel Sanders without the chicken, the avuncular man who told stories,” Ron Powers, the author of “Mark Twain: A Life,” said in a phone interview. Mark Twain?s Unexpurgated Autobiography 2010-07-10T01:43:00Z Edwin Thomas makes Irwin seem pragmatic rather than shallow: it is his astute cramming technique that wins the boys' places as much as it is Hector's avuncular humanism. The History Boys – review 2013-05-23T17:23:59Z “Maybe it was time to swap the rugged, frontiersman, self-made man image for that of a more avuncular statesman,” he said. A Trove of Lincoln Artifacts Heads to Auction 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z He's not some avuncular, twinkly old professorial leprechaun. Sam Mendes: life is sweet 2013-04-19T22:00:00Z We hear an avuncular Don the Captain welcoming a group of Aussies onboard. Cocktails and cruising on Lake Washington 2013-07-03T22:58:21Z As Gloucester, Geoffrey Freshwater seems more briskly avuncular than deeply paternal in his affections, so Edgar’s devotion to his father, in spite of his mistreatment, doesn’t have the radiant beauty it should. | 'King Lear' : The Old, Inexorable Story of a King?s Disintegration 2011-07-17T21:53:11Z From then on, Lucy and Ray’s early history is ignored and he becomes an avuncular presence in her life. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dallas’ 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z "The British middle class is obsessed by what they call bad language," said Loach with avuncular exasperation. Loach in Cannes with spirited 'The Angels' Share' 2012-05-22T15:44:09Z Unfortunately though, the idea that one avuncular or particularly disreputable but intellectually brilliant individual can transform society is even more bogus in relation to news than it is in relation to politics. The Newsroom: are news anchors really this important? 2012-06-23T23:04:22Z Buric reprises his role as Milo, a chillingly avuncular figure with an obvious propensity for violence. Pusher – review 2012-10-11T20:30:03Z With his beard, his burliness, his ready smile and his clear, steady, British-accented voice, the physician and writer Oliver Sacks was perhaps the Platonic ideal of the avuncular white male genius. ‘Oliver Sacks: His Own Life’ Review: All Was Not Well With the Doctor 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “He relied on, and trusted, both his rational mind and his instincts,” Penny says of her avuncular detective, who is surely one of the most endearing specimens of his kind. Buried by Snow or Stuffed in a Suitcase: The Bodies Add Up in Marilyn Stasio’s Latest Crime Column 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Ibrahim is a shaggy fellow, but he’s hardly avuncular. ‘Cairo Conspiracy’ Review: There Are No Angels 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Looming over their shoulders, at first unnoticed, he seems both avuncular and somehow menacing. Ricky Gervais's ballad of Reading jail 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z Victor — who, let’s not forget, abandoned his own “son,” the original monster — quickly finds a new surrogate father in the avuncular Professor Abraham Van Helsing. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: It's a Bloody Father's Day 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The character seesaws from cruel to avuncular to pervy, but we don’t see the connections. Review: ‘Trust’ Is Flashy but Ephemeral 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Uche seemed to know a little about everything and was popular among the guys, as was Jared "JP" Pierce, the avuncular firefighter another man went on to admiringly refer to as his Captain America. The best takeaway from this season of "Love Is Blind"? Act like Milton 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z At KeyArena, he “came across like a beloved avuncular imp,” MacDonald wrote, “dispensing nostalgia and good cheer to a packed house of adoring longtime fans.” From the archives: A look back at Elton John’s very energetic Seattle-area concerts 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The looseness was not a problem on the page; if anything, it added to the prevailing air, anecdotal and avuncular, of the whole enterprise. “Cats” Reviewed: It’s Not Quite Weird Enough 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The 2015 release of “Creed,” seventh in the series, inaugurated a narrative shift that found Rocky taking on the role of the avuncular trainer, a part he also played three years later in the sequel. ‘Creed III’ Review: A Franchise Finds New Fertile Ground 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z He was as avuncular and courtly as his movies were hectic and bruising, and more than a bit sardonic. Remembering Andrzej Wajda, Unflinching Observer of Modern Poland 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Buhkt's popular touch was underpinned robustly by a completely professional approach to business, slightly at odds with his avuncular and homespun alter ego of Michael Barry. Michael Bukht obituary 2011-08-07T17:29:31Z This helps avoid a portrayal of Park — an avuncular sage in sweater and pipe — as a stand-alone figure. ‘A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks’ Review: Defining Portraits 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The would-be David carries a switchblade knife — “Just in case” — that he gives to Luke, with this avuncular advice: “They take your knife, you burn down their house with their family inside.” Review: In The Guest, Dan Stevens Goes from Downton Abbey to Dirty, Deranged Harry 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Watching William Hague doing his avuncular routine in the Commons on Monday, I was reminded of the way establishment figures in the 1950s used to reassure hoi polloi that they had nothing to worry about. The NSA has us snared in its trap – and there's no way out 2013-06-15T13:31:24Z “The bands have different philosophies,” said Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s artistic director and the avuncular soul of the competition. Alt-Rock Hub, Purring With Jazz 2010-08-26T19:16:00Z Mr. Cale sang briskly and forthrightly, treating the old conundrums with avuncular affection, hinting at a lasting sympathy for the songs’ elusive characters and for a musical path he wouldn’t often follow. Critic’s Notebook: Two John Cale Programs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-01-20T23:06:32Z He says Mr. Chappelle is taking on a more avuncular role on the comedy scene these days, but still retains his rabble-rousing spirit. Stephen Colbert (That Other One) Returns 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z You get a few tastes when the beat cop Officer Mulligan and the avuncular Judge Dempsey raise their glasses: ‘Strictly Dishonorable,’ a Sexual Morality Tale 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The news was at odds with Keillor’s public persona as the gentle, avuncular satirist of Midwestern puritanism. Inside Garrison Keillor’s attempted comeback after his #MeToo downfall 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Of sex and the newsroom, her attitude is basically that was the way it was, to paraphrase her avuncular idol Walter Cronkite. In Katie Couric’s ‘Going There,’ There Includes Family Skeletons, Busting Into the Boys’ Club and More 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z An early host was the avuncular Percy Thrower, who showed up in a starched shirt and tie, and dispensed guidance while puffing on a pipe. Britain’s ‘Gardeners’ World’ is the pandemic escape we didn’t know we needed 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Then “Juno” came along, which was big; after that I was everybody’s avuncular Dad guy. J.K. Simmons and the Joy of Playing a Sadistic Teacher 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The Castleton Festival, which began in 2009 with Britten chamber operas staged in his home theater, showed him at his most generous and avuncular. Lorin Maazel, child prodigy turned brilliant conductor and festival founder: 1930-2014 In another sign of the image makeover, in a recent television interview with journalist Najwa Shihab, the former general, known for his legendary temper, came across as humorous and avuncular. Once disgraced, Indonesian ex-general tipped for presidency after makeover 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The series ran initially for 11 years and spanned hundreds of episodes in which Sir Michael combined an avuncular style with a journalistic background. Sir Michael Parkinson: Sir David Attenborough and David Beckham lead tributes 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The show ran initially for 11 years and spanned hundreds of episodes in which Sir Michael combined an avuncular style with a journalistic background. Sir Michael Parkinson: Chat show host dies aged 88 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z While some former employees remembered him as a valuable mentor — Mr. Woodward and Mr. Bernstein would characterize him as “avuncular” — Mr. Snyder never won any personality contests. Richard E. Snyder, 93, Dies; Drove Simon & Schuster to New Heights 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z And yet the avuncular, backslapping, work-across-the-aisle deal maker has struggled to translate decades of good will into the unifying presidency he promised. Biden Announces Re-election Bid, Defying Trump and History 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Goodman featured on Strictly from its launch in 2004 until 2016 and proved popular with viewers for his wry humour and avuncular critiques. Ex-Strictly head judge Len Goodman dies at 78 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Behind a folksy, avuncular image there has long been a pugnacious persona ever poised to lash out at adversaries real and invented. Mexico's president, saying the U.S. is suffering from moral decay, offers some advice 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Among the much-younger staff, he cultivated an avuncular persona, regaling employees with stories from his son’s youth, the person said. The Parents in the Middle of FTX’s Collapse 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Hernandez’s avuncular voice spun stories from his decades of activism in the northeast San Fernando Valley on issues ranging from the 2002 secession movement to animal welfare to even helping Democrats win races. Column: It's not even election day, but a Latino Republican radio show is already giddy 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z But “Armageddon Time” isn’t a trauma narrative: Moments of warmth and contagious joy suffuse Gray’s memories, especially when it comes to Paul’s maternal grandfather Aaron, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins with avuncular directness. Review | ‘Armageddon Time’: Privilege and punk rock in 1980s Queens 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z His demeanor, almost pastoral, was somewhere between avuncular and creepy. Monica Lewinsky: Ken Starr death brings up ‘complicated feelings’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Unlike other, more critical biographies, the Freud that emerges from these pages is warm, avuncular and excessively fond of Anna, whom he knew would carry on his legacy. Review | How Freud escaped the Nazis, with the help of well-connected friends 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z A warm, avuncular character actor, Cribbins was a childhood presence for several generations of Britons. Bernard Cribbins, actor who delighted UK kids, dies at 93 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z With his avuncular white beard and commanding voice, Mr. Thompson, 74, has established the committee’s serious, and almost solemn, tone. ‘He Took Jan. 6 Personally’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z He was so unlike Robinson, who, for example, paired up with a young Shirley Temple in “The Little Colonel,” in the role of an avuncular, deferential domestic. Review | Michael Jackson and Bob Fosse owe their moves to a man called Bubbles 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Carter turned instead to the San Francisco Symphony’s distinguished, avuncular German music director, Alfred Hertz. Commentary: What the Hollywood Bowl's complicated history reveals about Los Angeles 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z He’s mastered an avuncular, jokey, at times corny tone: Heading to Spain for the jigsaw contest, he quips that “speed-solving jigsaws sounded weird and paradoxical, like a yoga tournament or a napping derby.” Review | What makes puzzles so alluring? A.J. Jacobs looks for clues. 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Set around a conference table, the play offers a portrait not of an avuncular artist whose childlike imagination took over the world but of a megalomaniac who cannot brook dissent. Review: Dark side of Walt Disney brought to weird life in Lucas Hnath's drama, now playing in L.A. 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The English equivalent would be the letter “V,” as in an abbreviation for Vanya, a common name in Russia and the avuncular namesake of Anton Chekhov’s 1897 play. McDonald’s trademarks in Russia are under threat as Putin aims to retaliate for U.S. sanctions 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Each morning during the Senate Watergate hearings, chaired by Democrat Sam Ervin, the avuncular senator could be seen briefly studying a book held open in front of him by an aide. Review | Among Watergate’s heroes and villains, finding ‘a more human story’ 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z The avuncular naturalist was not universally lauded; protesters who objected to his main theory once dumped ice water on his head at a scientific conference. Edward O. Wilson, Harvard naturalist often cited as heir to Darwin, dies at 92 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z He is gregarious, funny, and unguarded, an avuncular type who can make complicated ideas engaging to nonscientists. ‘We’ve done nothing wrong.’ EcoHealth leader fights charges that his research helped spark COVID-19 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The first, an infectious disease specialist in New York City, had an avuncular, reassuring manner. Opinion | How I Became a Science Experiment 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z He painted President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a blandly avuncular, distracted, golf-obsessed leader. Mort Sahl, whose political comedy set the bar for future humorists, dies at 94 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z As the 21st Century dawned, the Braves were a dominant franchise - managed by the avuncular Bobby Cox, owned by media mogul Ted Turner, and residing at Turner Field, the former 1996 Olympics stadium. Astros and Braves ready for World Series 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Assuming an avuncular tone, the elder crow apologizes for smacking you on your noggin before going on to explain that it, too, used to work as a reaper. Review | ‘Death’s Door’: A clever and fun Zelda homage 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Fauci, who is now 80, became an avuncular grandpa figure on the left, while Cuomo turned into a bizarre sex symbol. Opinion | The ‘Cuomosexual’ phenomenon was disgraceful. We’re politicians’ bosses, not their fans. 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z He had left to become England manager in the summer of 1974 so it was the avuncular Jimmy Armfield who finally guided them to the final. 'A spectacular symbol of a golden era at Leeds' 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z As Birdsall writes, his 1959 paperback, “The James Beard Cookbook,” cemented his reputation as “the nation’s affable, avuncular, and gluttonous authority on food and entertaining.” Sample 3 books by and about chefs, including David Chang’s new memoir ‘Eat A Peach’ 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Still, Woodward’s trademark mix of flattery and avuncular guidance does what it’s designed to do: It gets Trump talking. Review | Woodward’s ‘Rage’ is a damning account of Trump’s cowering sycophants and enablers 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Yonder was Bernie Sanders, affable and avuncular in his new role as elder statesman. No buyer’s remorse for Democrats 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z For a while, Dr. Fauci’s avuncular, almost sheepish manner proved sufficiently disarming. Treacherous Times for Dr. Fauci in the Sacred Cow Business 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z But the person with the avuncular demeanor delivering such sobering news as well as practical advice with his Brooklyn accent at news conferences is a superfan with deep knowledge of baseball history. Fauci, Leading Fight Against Coronavirus, Misses Baseball, Too 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Beaumont, a popular, avuncular figure who was England captain in the 1980s, discussed a range of subjects and challenges facing rugby in the short and medium term. Beaumont heads into 2nd term with rugby ‘at a crossroads’ 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z In his middle age, Kapoor reinvented himself, playing the roles of avuncular and quirky patriarchs, gangsters and cameos in slapstick comedies. Obituary: Rishi Kapoor, the ‘forever youthful’ heartthrob 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z And if you like avuncular Americans, don’t forget Bill Bryson, whose tourist books now read like ancient history. From Blyton to Bryson: comfort reading to enjoy during lockdown 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The normally avuncular doctor overseeing the state’s response to the pandemic, Lee Norman, was even more direct, tweeting: “I am SO angry! Shame!” Kansas court strikes down GOP measure allowing in-person Easter church services, lets coronavirus restrictions stand 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z So the avuncular, bespectacled professor quickly became a familiar face on Italian current-affairs TV shows, delivering no-nonsense updates about the unfamiliar foe. The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations’ Top Scientists 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z That lingering sense of grievance is one of the things that this time around motivate Mr. Biden, whose once avuncular, now grand-avuncular, demeanor masks a fierce competitive streak. For Biden and Sanders, the Fight’s Not Personal 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z For years, the avuncular Richman would tell the story of how he urged Larsen to take it easy, just in case he pitched the next day. Don Larsen Became an Unlikely Legend in 9 Perfect Innings 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Hollywood is far removed from the days when it awarded an Oscar to Bing Crosby, playing an avuncular priest who saved schools and wayward youths in “Going My Way” and “The Bells of St. Mary’s.” Losing our religion: Hollywood reluctant to make faith-based movies 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z They’re more likely to remember the kindly, folksy, avuncular character that the Obama campaign and administration helped create. For Biden, it’s always Iowa 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Sir Lindsay has taken the traditional route - serving since 2010 as a deputy, so MPs have had plenty of opportunities to observe his avuncular style, and, on occasion to contrast it favourably with Speaker Bercow's. Who is the new Commons Speaker? 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z At fifty-six, he is avuncular, almost cuddly looking, with a curly mane of silver hair and a silver beard. How Trump’s Emissaries Put Pressure on Ukraine’s New President 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But the current chief secretary, Matthew Cheung, an avuncular 68-year-old who is approaching retirement, has not publicly evinced any interest in moving up. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Is Disheartened, but No Successor Is in Sight 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z In that state, which was worsened by the death, in 1987, of his avuncular patron Warhol, he left us. Basquiat’s Memorial to a Young Artist Killed by Police 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z He delivers the line in high avuncular style, stating an opinion with the tone and cadence of a meaningful story. Biden’s Gaffes, and Why We Hate Politicians Talking About Us Behind Our Backs 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z In recent months, he has been criticized for what the writer Michelle Goldberg, of the Times, called “avuncular pawing,” which had left some women uncomfortable. Will Joe Biden’s History Lift Him Up or Weigh Him Down? 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z For millions he remains that avuncular figure who accompanied a dignified President Obama through eight years. Is Joe Biden risking a reckoning for his work fashioning The War on Drugs 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Libraries bare Gabo’s name, and his avuncular, mustachioed face features on the country’s 50,000 peso banknote, as well as works by Bogotá’s myriad graffiti artists. Colombians await One Hundred Years of Solitude screen adaptation with joy and fear 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z But Mr. Xi, 65, appears to be dispensing with vanity as he presents himself as a relatable and avuncular leader, part of his efforts to soften his hard-line policies. With Streaks of Gray Hair, Xi Jinping of China Breaks With Tradition 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z In these moments, he could be surprisingly forthcoming, almost avuncular. Jasper Johns, American Legend 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Lee remained an avuncular and beloved advocate of comic books and his own business ventures well into his 90s, attending fan conventions until recently even as his health appeared to decline. Comics Legend Stan Lee Dies 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z From Mexico City to Montreal, Amsterdam to Tallinn, the welcome starts with the avuncular hand on the shoulder, a sigh and a reference to “our British friends”, followed by “I hope you’re all right”. Brexit has made the UK a global joke. How will we rebuild our reputation? | John Kampfner 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Lee remained an avuncular and beloved advocate of comic books and his own business ventures well into his 90s, attending fan conventions until recently even as his his health appeared to decline. Comics Legend Stan Lee Dies 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z His former patients remembered him as avuncular and authoritative, with white hair as he grew older. A Wave of Child Sexual Abuse Accusations Against a Doctor, and Hospital Says It Knew 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Lincoln is opposite him and Reagan, George HW and George W Bush, an avuncular Theodore Roosevelt, and a tickled Dwight Eisenhower to Trump’s right. Artist 'astounded' to see his Trump painting hung in the White House 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Norden masterminded the whole operation, choosing the clips, writing the scripts and delivering them, clipboard in hand, in his inimitable avuncular style. Obituary: Denis Norden 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Since 1980, the Mets have been essential to Horwitz’s identity — and he to theirs, as an avuncular advocate with a head size of 8¾ but the smallest ego in the game. The Jay Horwitz Show, Co-Starring Generations of Mets 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z He is wearing a pinstripe suit and baseball cap, a clash of styles that presumably passes as normal in his home state of Texas, but gives him the avuncular air of a small-town bank manager. Ken Starr: 'There are eerie echoes of the past' 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z In a Vanity Fair essay, she described his demeanor as “almost pastoral,” somewhere between “avuncular and creepy.” The Starr Report got a president impeached 20 years ago, and Ken Starr wants to remind you why 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Ford, an avuncular former congressman raised in the Midwest, appealed to both Democrats and Republicans. ‘No One Could Believe It’: When Ford Pardoned Nixon Four Decades Ago 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Cohen described the agenda of such young political challengers as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez favorably, as “the avuncular socialism of Bernie Sanders: universal Medicare and free higher education. It needs no label. Sign me up.” Opinion | Socialists need to lay out its meaning 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z This, after all, is the avuncular socialism of Bernie Sanders: universal Medicare and free higher education. Opinion | Speak no more of socialism 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z As Kadri’s Rasheed, an ambiguously avuncular figure at first, becomes more flagrantly villainous, the women lean on each other for sustenance. The women of 'A Thousand Splendid Suns,' casting a spell onstage 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “I always denied it,” says Barak, sitting, avuncular and expansive at a restaurant table a short while later, adding lemon and liberal amounts of honey to a cup of tea. Ehud Barak on the crisis in Israel: ‘Netanyahu has to resign’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The most recognizable member of that council has been Omar Alloush, an avuncular man with gray hair and a round face that belie his record as an energetic political operator. How American neglect imperils the victory over ISIS 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi is widely popular with China’s rural and working classes, in large part due to his far-reaching crackdown on corruption and a carefully crafted image as an avuncular, down-to-earth leader. One Last Step: Xi Jinping Stands at the Precipice of Lifelong Rule 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Promotional posters were distributed to bookstores, showing the avuncular Mr. Spanta, and billboard space and airtime were purchased to advertise it. Most Afghans Can’t Read, but Their Book Trade Is Booming 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z I kept bugging my radiation oncologists, lovely avuncular men all, to talk to me about my sex life during treatment for rectal cancer. Sex After Cancer 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The first episode opens slowly, following the life of Howard Silk, played with gleefully avuncular brilliance by J.K. The less we know about Counterpart’s alternate universes, the better 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Roem’s predecessor spent 26 years in the House of Delegates and was a well-liked, avuncular figure, despite extreme views on fiscal and social issues that put him to the right of many Republican lawmakers. Danica Roem sworn into office as Virginia’s first openly transgender lawmaker 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z “That’s good, I guess,” replied the guard, a tall man with a silvery beard who is known for his avuncular manner with the dozens of children in the prison. For More Than 300 Afghan Children, Many Older Than 5, Home Is Mother’s Cellblock 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The avuncular Lee found himself portrayed by the city's left as the smiling avatar of the tech- and business-friendly policies that have driven San Francisco's inequality levels to be on par with those in Rwanda. How Mayor Ed Lee remade San Francisco in Big Tech’s image 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z By the 1930s, the term had changed in Hollywood to refer to entertainers who played specific types: Walter Brennan as the leathery old codger, Ward Bond as the avuncular authority figure. The New Generation of Character Actors 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z What I had thought of as an avuncular interest in my career he had thought of as an unrealized act of seduction. Opinion | The Raw Power of #MeToo 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z As Max Ritvo knows, the gap between what we want and what we get cannot be bridged by the avuncular language at hand. Cancer Humor 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z When commercial flights are canceled, the two strangers book a private plane, piloted by an avuncular veteran with a penchant for gallows humor. Review | ‘The Mountain Between Us’: After a plane crash, a slow burn in the icy wilderness 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z “Time and again he intervened and mediated in political crises, and each time, he managed to lower the temperature, helped to a great extent by his jocular and avuncular personality.” Jalal Talabani, unifying former president of Iraq, dies at 83 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The Hefner in these remembrances – a naughty, avuncular mentor – was strikingly different from the man who exploded on to the publishing scene in 1953. Hugh Hefner: fulsome tributes ignore Playboy founder's dark side 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z "There are no armchair historians dispensing safe avuncular wisdom from their studies," says Burns in an interview with TIME. Ken Burns Tackles the Vietnam War in New Documentary 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z A jowly, avuncular presence, Parish was the first member of the tribe, 37 years earlier, to earn a law degree. Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost. 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z He brought his own brand of avuncular good humour to the proceedings - reassuring many of the contestants with the phrase "you're my favourites". Obituary: Sir Bruce Forsyth - BBC News 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The pipe smoking, avuncular character in a grey raincoat was sold to the public as a youthful, dynamic breath of fresh air. Is old the new young for UK politicians? - BBC News 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z One notice carries a photograph of an avuncular man holding a child and a baby, along with a phone number to call with any information. London Fire’s Death Toll Expected to Soar; Some Victims Might Never Be Identified 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z His performances on television were calm and avuncular, with a touch of humor. Theresa May Projected to Lose Her Majority in U.K. Parliament 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z The Fox News segment that many constituents said they’d watched portrayed Rohrabacher as an avuncular victim of character smears, a surfer and public servant who had been attacked unfairly. His district voted for Clinton, but this Republican congressman isn’t worried 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z At 69, Hekmatyar cuts an avuncular and scholarly figure, but his name still strikes fear and horror here. Return of warlord Hekmatyar adds to Afghan political tensions 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Across the FBI’s field offices, Comey was known for a plainspoken speaking style, peppering prepared remarks with avuncular advice, life lessons and humor. Stunned FBI agents grapple with Comey firing 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The Italian philosopher indeed appears as an avuncular mastermind alongside larger-than-life versions of the stars of 1980s literary theory and philosophy. Laurent Binet: ‘I’ll vote Macron, but I hate having to do it’ 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z O’Reilly positions himself as an elder statesman, the cranky but avuncular voice of mainstream America. Tucker Carlson’s Fighting Words 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z She seemed, as she almost always does, mellow, avuncular, benevolent, curious, and simultaneously earnest and amused. Catherine Opie, All-American Subversive 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Cockcroft played his part as an avuncular blank who liked dicing and drinking, a sort of Robert Mitchum pastiche; and of Cockcroft, whom I increasingly found more interesting than Rhinehart, there was almost nothing. Three days with The Dice Man: ‘I never wrote for money or fame' 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z The ferocious Nigel Pearson laid the foundations and created a basic structure and discipline but it was under the avuncular Ranieri that they were liberated enough to blossom and win the league. The Ranieri theory: liberation from discipline leads to success – and decay | Jonathan Wilson 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Riyadh Atshaan, his ginger mustache glinting in the afternoon sun, adopted an avuncular tone as he relayed his orders into the walkie-talkie. Iraqi forces push into western Mosul in fight against Islamic State extremists 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z At fifty-nine, Johnson has tousled silver hair and a soft-spoken, avuncular composure. Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z “He’s a rather avuncular man,” he once observed, describing Kim Il Sung, “and he puts his arm around you like Lyndon Johnson.” Selig Harrison, reporter and scholar who covered — and shaped — Asian affairs, dies at 89 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z She came of age at a moment when the default voice of authority in journalism—male, white, avuncular—was entrenched, and helped to quietly upend those presumptions. Postscript: Gwen Ifill 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z But for some, such as Saher Shamoun, an avuncular old man who had come to check on his house, the victory was bittersweet. 'This is our land': Christians return to Iraqi town recaptured from Islamic State 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Ultimately, Clinton decided on Kaine, a well-respected and avuncular lawmaker who is expected to have a smooth relationship with former president Bill Clinton as well as Hillary. Read the Surprising List of Clinton's Potential Running Mates 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The avuncular host—who had once asked Walter Cronkite what he made of “those bugs, or whatever they called themselves”—promised that his audience would “twice be entertained by them.” Ron Howard’s Crowdsourced Beatles History 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z But Mrs Morgan was far removed from the childlike and avuncular character of Willy Wonka, whose face "was alight with fun and laughter". Who inspired Roald Dahl's Mrs Pratchett character? - BBC News 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Taai, an avuncular, bespectacled 59-year old man who began working in a bakery when he was 13, said he initially offered cakes and other desserts in his cafe when he first opened in 1988. Pastry, fat, and perfection: A recipe for Baghdad's favorite breakfast food 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Slim is often likened to Warren Buffett for his relatively low-key, avuncular style. Mexico’s Richest Man Confronts a New Foe: The State That Helped Make Him Rich 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The warm, avuncular face of Milton Hershey beams from photographs hung just about everywhere here, the kind of ubiquity once associated mainly with communist nations and their maximum leaders. Back-Stabbing and Threats of a ‘Suicide Parachute’ at Hershey 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z In “The Politics of Authenticity in Presidential Campaigns, 1976-2008,” the pollster Erica J. Seifert sees a pivotal moment after Watergate, when the electorate, betrayed by Richard Nixon, voted in the avuncular outsider Jimmy Carter. What Makes a Politician ‘Authentic’? 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Related: Bernie Sanders: I will work with Hillary Clinton to stop Donald Trump Gruff and avuncular, Sanders inspires affection and respect among those who work for him – but, occasionally, frustration too. Bernie Sanders: the upstart who pointed the way toward a political revolution 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z He says with avuncular pride that even in the emotional breakdown moments, the two "did not reach for glycerine and fake it". Sairat: Why a doomed love story has become India's sleeper hit - BBC News 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Warren Harding’s relationship to the neighborhood as a future president may have been somewhat less avuncular. Obama might call Kalorama home — just like these five presidents before him 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z He backs Bernie Sanders, the avuncular runner-up in the Democratic contest. What the Candidates' Rally Music Says About Them 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The book brims, however, with avuncular clichés such as “Life is short, and certainty never happens”. Physics: Material to meaning : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z But there was more than just avuncular love at stake for him in these visits. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z When we meet on the dockside in Peterhead, he greets me with a cheerful grin, and friendly, avuncular manner. Scotland's fishermen look forward to EU referendum - BBC News 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Joe Duquette is even more entertaining as Stalin, who turns out to be a chatty, avuncular type delighted to talk theater. ‘Collaborators’: Spooky Action Theater spins a semi-absurdist tale 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z McGovern is approachable on the way to avuncular, as readers will see, but the preference for simplicity and plain speaking masks an impressive erudition. “Intelligent people know that the empire is on the downhill”: A veteran CIA agent spills the goods on the Deep State and our foreign policy nightmares 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z His staff and family fight a losing battle to keep dandruff from his baggy suits and a somewhat cantankerous temper from obscuring what can still prove to be an avuncular charm. On the campaign bus with Bernie Sanders: 'I am moved by the passion' 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Its players appear to be coasting under the avuncular Manuel Pellegrini and they are still contending in four competitions this season. City puts United further in shade with Guardiola coup 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z This twinkly, avuncular figure is hard to square with the savage youth whom Messiaen, his teacher, described as a “lion who had been flayed alive.” Pierre Boulez’s Revolutionary Career 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z In a televised sermon, Al-Nimr's gentle, almost avuncular mystique was transformed by anger. Who was Sheik Nimr al-Nimr? A look at the man whose execution rocked the Mideast 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The broader concern is that much of the political establishment likes to think of Huckabee as a charming, avuncular guy who’s easily to admire. Huckabee: Obama may want people 'to memorize Koran verses' 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z He can’t help but get recognised thanks in part to the trademark glasses, familiar moustache and impish yet avuncular grin. Marvel’s Stan Lee: ‘I’d never really thought of doing comics for a living’ 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z “Schmidt the Lip,” as he was known, grew into an avuncular oracle, holding forth on world politics and economics. The Man Who Saved Germany’s New Democracy 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z In government offices here, portraits of Stalin, looking avuncular and kind, gaze down at visitors. Eastern Ukraine’s Young People Face a Future Put on Ice 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Beneath the gnarled beard, they said, there was something gentle - almost avuncular. The man who died on a bench in tony Philadelphia park 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z He’s amiable and avuncular — and, to judge from his easy smile at Wednesday’s event, happy. The Bern doesn’t hurt 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z “Bloody pathetic we were,” was the usually softly spoken and avuncular Paisley’s sober analysis. A brief guide to … Chelsea's rivalry with Liverpool 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In Parliament, he droned through budget and policy speeches, a roly-poly avuncular man with shaggy white hair. Geoffrey Howe, Cabinet Minister Who Hastened Thatcher’s Fall, Dies at 88 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Today, he looks like an ageing hippy, avuncular and sage, with long wispy grey hair and matching beard. I shot Andy Warhol: photographer Billy Name on drugs and shootings at the Factory 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Mets Manager Terry Collins is 66, and his forgiving manner with his kid pitchers is that of an avuncular principal. Mets and Yankees Clash With One Eye on October 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Until March, the seemingly avuncular Michaloliakos was in prison on charges of running a criminal gang masquerading as a political organisation. Greek election 2015: Golden Dawn exploits atmosphere of austerity-driven despair 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z He’s closer to a life as an avuncular football commentator than to another Super Bowl. NFL 2015 predictions: our writers call the winners, losers and also-rans 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z If Francis seems to the general public a kindly avuncular figure, within the walls of the Vatican he has a reputation for toughness. Can Pope Francis Really Change the Church? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z For supporters of the avuncular former senator from Delaware, the answers are obvious. Joe Biden faces obstacles in long-shot run against Hillary Clinton 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Yet he was avuncular, carefully building respect among his younger partners by listening patiently and accepting views from us that we knew he did not share. We All Need a Few Good Mentors 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Schäuble spoke as though he were briefing colleagues, his combative thoughts smoothed by an avuncular delivery. Greece’s Ex-Finance Minister Tells All 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Jackson’s smile was avuncular, not to mention steel fortified. Remember Knicks Fans, Basketball is a Global Sport 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Some conservative activists, who had clashed with Hastert in the past, on Friday recalled him as a figure known for his avuncular personality but rarely — if ever — embraced by the GOP’s base. Hastert indictment is related to old allegations of sexual misconduct, law enforcement official says 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z With a reputation for being demanding and autocratic, he overshadowed and — until last month — often outmaneuvered his more avuncular cousin, Wolfgang Porsche. At Porsche Annual Meeting, Ferdinand Piëch Is Notably Absent 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z They have been a place for children to see law enforcers in an avuncular frame of mind. Making Play Streets Mean Streets 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Buffett’s avuncular ways often disguise another truth: He isn’t always a cuddly teddy bear. Berkshire’s Warren Buffett Shows His Teddy Bear Image Has Tough Side 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Announcer Bill Raftery, the avuncular, white-haired former coach who has popularized phrases like “with a kiss” for a player who makes a bank shot, will finally call a Final Four on television. Here's Your 2015 Final Four Drinking Game 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Twinkling with avuncular reassurance he tells them he is the "Bibi-sitter". Israel election: An end or new era for Netanyahu? 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The chatty interview with Mexico’s Televisa News was in keeping with Francis’s outgoing manner and personal touch — from the cold-calls to faithful who write to him sharing their sorrows, to his off-the-cuff avuncular advice. Pope Francis Predicts His Papacy Will Be Brief 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z “Some people say, ‘Oh, it looks like a festival!’” says the avuncular 62-year-old Environment Ministry worker. After 4 years, Fukushima nuclear cleanup remains daunting, vast 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z He described Rodriguez, who drew loud applause and a rumbling current of boos Sunday, as an avuncular figure in the clubhouse, beloved by old and young alike. Yankees’ Skipper Joe Girardi Plugs Holes in a Leaky Ship 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Musing about the glory days does restore happiness for the avuncular Artusa. Ushers for the Islanders Revel in Their Role 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z In another, he bestows an avuncular gaze on a gaggle of militia fighters. Iran's 'Supermani': fabled general, Internet sensation 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z From the start, Hollins was at turns avuncular, humorous, sarcastic, dismissive and sagacious. Derek Fisher’s Transition to Knicks Coach Is Quick but Far From Smooth 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Bill Cosby, the genial, avuncular comic who has made us laugh forever. Bill Cosby, serial rapist? That’s a lot to forgive 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Otherwise, Cosby was just what you’d expect if you ever watched an episode of his eponymous television show — warm, funny, avuncular, mischievous, wise. On Bill Cosby, hard to keep the faith It brought a kinder, avuncular look to a chamber that tends to get pretty combative. Male Politicians like Scott Brown Need to Stop Disrobing for the Cameras 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z For his efforts at the old New York Life headquarters and in other public buildings, the avuncular Mr. Schneider was named City Clock Master in 1992 by Mayor David N. Dinkins. A Landmark Tower Clock Will Stay, but Its Ticktock Could Be Silenced 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Alan Greenspan recently, in Foreign Affairs, while not discerning gold on the horizon, recently celebrated the “universal acceptability of gold” while raising a quizzical avuncular eyebrow, or two, at what he describes as “fiat” currency. The Eichengreen Fallacy Misleads Some "Market Monetarists," Part 1 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z He talked of himself as an avuncular figure, ready to tutor the young bucks. In LeBron James's Return to Cleveland, Hype Overshadows Hoops 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Most of her whisperings in court seem to be directed to Earl S. Ward, an avuncular lawyer who watches the proceedings with what looks from afar like wry resignation. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder? But the suggestion that you tell your child the story of your life not only as an "avuncular act but also an act of leadership" seems a step too far. Does work need to compete with life? 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z He lives in the neighborhood, too, which may explain why he so easily slips into the gracious, avuncular role: He’s taking care of his own. Bravo Bar is a rare modern dive: a place with true respect for the working stiffs "We resorted to any group that would help," the avuncular, mustachioed Bakhtiar explained. Iran fills key role in battling Islamic State in Iraq 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z I guess this avuncular advice is basically: Do as I say, not what I do. Frat Rivalry in the Money Biz: Are You a Nerd or a Jock? 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z But he went on to reveal that he may not be the avuncular figure he sometimes seems. Hodgson's England dare not lose Swiss test 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z That raised a few gray eyebrows and elicited a few lectures at the time as well as some avuncular empathy. British Open 2014: Rory McIlroy Extends Lead to Six Shots Entering Final Round 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z To soothing piano music, an avuncular figure walks out the door of a building studded with Persian mosaics, past a burbling fountain and into a courtyard. Final round of nuclear talks opens between Iran, Western nations amid pessimism And then there's the corny clip art and avuncular writing, as found in a contest collecting "original hacker slang": You should be reading tween hacker magazines from the 1980s 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z He is asking voters to abandon the quieter, more consensus-driven approach of Leggett, an avuncular former law professor who prefers to navigate around conflict . Duncan determined to regain his bully pulpit Mr. Hu, a small, avuncular man, was a “little Red devil,” a child revolutionary, who joined the Communist Youth League aged 14. Sinosphere Blog: The Death That Kindled the Uprising at Tiananmen Square 2014-04-15T06:26:15Z He was a favourite of chat show hosts, offering opinions in an avuncular fashion. Football magnate's fall from grace 2014-03-13T19:04:56Z Mr. Xue, the avuncular founder of New Oasis, insists that his goals are apolitical. Lincang Journal: Communism Is the Goal at a Commune, but Chinese Officials Are Not Impressed 2014-03-13T00:55:46Z Early on a chilly morning, teapot on the go in his farmhouse's kitchen, he is as avuncular as ever. In search of the soul of Scottish rugby 2014-02-19T23:32:49Z He was best known as the avuncular host of his postgame show “Kiner’s Korner,” in which he interviewed players and analyzed the game. Ralph Kiner, Hall of Fame baseball slugger for Pirates and broadcaster for Mets, dies at 91 2014-02-07T01:04:00Z As two police vans waited, Mr. Sharma’s mentors, normally avuncular gentlemen, nodded at each other and then threw themselves at the gate in a sort of delirium, pummeling the bars and screaming. India Ink: For Aam Aadmi Interns, Politics Involves Paperwork and Occasional Screaming Protest 2014-01-21T05:57:24Z And his low-key, avuncular style plays well with the sparse and spacious frontier state he represents. Family Ties Unravel Liz Cheney's Campaign 2014-01-06T15:50:29Z They eat in shifts in the school’s basement cafeteria, watched over by the avuncular Frank Heyward, who blasts oldies from a boombox, telling students, “I got shoes older than you.” Homeless Girl in the Shadows 2013-12-09T07:26:35Z He could be avuncular, especially to us kids, but he was also strict and disciplined. Op-Ed Contributor: The Contradictions of Mandela 2013-12-05T22:10:01Z Do any wounds require avuncular tending quite like those of an investment banker? Big City: A Mayor Who Puts Wall Street First 2013-08-16T17:54:31Z And the avuncular advice that these serial killers give their fans on the outside. Killers' letters used in Edinburgh play 2013-08-01T02:04:54Z Mr. Egol, whose honey-brown hair and beard project an avuncular presence, spent much of his testimony explaining the minutiae of mortgage securities to the jury. DealBook: S.E.C. Tries to Use Trader’s Colleague at Goldman to Bolster Case 2013-07-19T01:34:45Z Brown--tall, tweedy, avuncular--is the ninth secretary since Major G.H. British Open: Hunger Games 2013-07-11T04:00:00Z In many respects, the avuncular Zimmer looks the epitome of the American businessman: impeccably dressed in his suit and tie in the company’s well-known and oft-quoted ads. Dropping Its Founder and Spokesman, Men’s Wearhouse Goes After Millennials 2013-06-24T16:15:00Z The vice president is at the top of his political game as President Obama’s avuncular No. 2. As Biden begins road trip, the presidency in 2016 seems far away 2013-05-03T19:29:26Z He is beloved by grass-roots Democrats but mainly as the avuncular No. 2 to Barack Obama. Biden ponders a 2016 bid, but a promotion to the top job seems to be a long shot 2013-05-02T21:53:00Z Against that backdrop, the avuncular and urbane Mr. Schwarzenberg has emerged as a conciliatory candidate of unexpectedly wide appeal. Czech Prince, Schwarzenberg, Runs a Punk Campaign 2013-01-25T02:56:06Z "Just think of couture fashion or fine wines," Anderson advises with avuncular worldliness. Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson - review 2012-12-07T22:55:01Z The avuncular former All England Club chief executive has, since his appointment, been keen to stress the extent to which the bitter divisions that caused the rifts that led to his appointment have healed. Is the England revolution heading in right direction on and off pitch? 2012-11-09T15:07:59Z Wearing a dark suit and projecting an air of geeky, avuncular calm, Mr. Hubbard appeared before a blue backdrop festooned with the words “Columbia Business School.” Glenn Hubbard Is Romney’s Go-To Economist 2012-10-13T19:08:04Z In 1980, Ronald Reagan’s avuncular “There you go again” performance reassured Americans that he was not the extremist that President Jimmy Carter had warned about. Political Memo: Using Debates to Turn Electoral Tide: Difficult but Not Impossible 2012-10-01T01:50:46Z On September 13, I attended The Capital Roundtable, the redoubtable private equity community conference headed by the august and avuncular Burt Alimansky. What Private Equity Sharks Can Teach You 2012-09-20T14:20:33Z His enemies maintained that his softened rhetoric and avuncular looks masked an unrepentant ideologue. Santiago Carrillo, Spanish Communist Leader, Dies at 97 2012-09-20T01:54:18Z But few are the British competitors who have escaped with their necks or shoulders unblemished by the tactile Jones's avuncular attentions. Rewind TV: London 2012 Olympics – review 2012-08-11T23:05:52Z He is tanned, avuncular and 59, and seems to have the power of total recall. From the Observer archive, 25 June 1967: Wimbledon's Watchmen 2012-06-23T23:03:00Z Their greatest hit singles, She Loves You, and Hey, Jude are songs of avuncular counsel, wise advice given by one friend to another who has got in over his head in a love affair. Why are the Beatles so popular 50 years on? 2012-06-15T17:53:56Z “He had a formidable arsenal for impressing students,” said E. B., a flushed, avuncular man who attended Horace Mann in the 1970s. The Horace Mann School’s Secret History of Sexual Abuse 2012-06-06T17:00:07Z The heavily-whiskered, avuncular Shevchenko stares solemnly down from a pedestal in a park at the crest of the hill, across to the garishly-crimson walls of the national university which bears his name. Euro 2012: A soccer fan's walking guide to Kiev 2012-06-04T09:10:04Z Shields credits the shareholder devotion to Buffett’s shrewd marketing — although many investors would probably be shocked to hear that the avuncular and outspoken persona is anything less than spontaneous. The Warren Buffett Show: More Sizzle than Steak, and That?s Just Fine with Investors 2012-05-04T10:45:58Z The avuncular 64-year-old Londoner is the oldest manager to be handed the pressure-packed role often dubbed "the Impossible Job," where expectations usually exceed reality. Hodgson Hired to Coach England?s National Soccer Team 2012-05-02T03:39:06Z “First of all, how they pitch us is no secret at all,” said Manuel, at his avuncular best Wednesday. On Baseball: As Phillies Score Fewer Runs, They Get Better at Preventing Them 2012-04-13T00:47:38Z Aunt Mildred went away with Snelson, and Jasmine was left to herself, until Uncle Alexander came in and got over the awkwardness of avuncular greetings by asking her what all the fuss was about. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z I am highly proud of my new avuncular honours. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct or avuncular, gives way. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In my childhood innocence I resided with my avuncular relative, and he being a great shikari I saw some A1 sport. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z "What skin is that, my boy?" he repeated in what he thought was the right tone of avuncular jocularity and looking down at Harold, who was examining with myopic intensity the dressing-case. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z But mostly, though not much our senior, he was serious, mildly avuncular, but very happy and un-upbraiding. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The time would soon come when the avuncular character would be more difficult to support than that of a rejected absentee. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z What cares that heart, trusting and tender, For fame or avuncular wills! A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z The bearded, avuncular Gul became involved in civil rights after an experience more common for women than men -- forced marriage. Afghan men: crucial advocates for women's rights 2011-12-23T09:58:35Z Ramirez will occasionally break off his tirades to lean back in his chair and smile contentedly as if he has just enjoyed a fine meal -- an avuncular presence in the defendant's box. Carlos the Jackal dominates trial but turnout wanes 2011-12-02T13:00:13Z Rebuilding, retooling, remodeling, retrenching — Kenny Williams can call it what he will, but that avuncular general manager has created a perception that the White Sox aren’t going to be very good for a while. Chicago News Cooperative: Dale Sveum, New Cubs Manager, Fits Moneyball-Era Pattern 2011-11-20T01:05:46Z The former makes an avuncular, jokey Stalin, who speaks with a warm country burr and who walks with a limp. Stalin Pens Melodrama, Author Turns Tyrannical in London Farce 2011-11-07T00:26:58Z And in an avuncular career swap, Fritz’s son became a doctor. Browns Team Leaders Share Intersecting Bonds 2011-10-22T03:06:38Z I think it’s used for a sort of avuncular person who grumbles and grouches. City Room: The Day: Exit the Curmudgeon, Andy Rooney 2011-10-03T12:30:33Z “It is very emotionally difficult to take such cases; they really get to me,” said Mr. Dowd, 69, who addresses the court in an avuncular, booming voice that seems calculated to disarm jurors. Michael G. Dowd Has Spent Career Defending Battered Women 2011-10-03T02:10:09Z Gates instantly took to his avuncular role in the discussion while sipping a Diet Coke. Forbes 400 Summit: Bill Gates and Dustin Moskovitz 2011-09-21T16:10:06Z "Is there anything I can do for you?" asked Horace with his avuncular smile. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z In my avuncular capacity I had ventured to say something intended to be arch with regard to those letters. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z I affected the usual surprise, warned Philip that he must await my brother's approval, and shook hands with him avuncularly. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z An avuncular, white-haired grandee of the Texas borderland, Sanders is one of the most influential figures in a region ruled by mercantile interests. Life on the Line 2011-07-31T04:27:16Z “What Republicans did in 2010 was to transfer national problems to the local level,” says Sesso, who has the avuncular manner, white beard and rumpled bearing of a college professor. In Tea Party Montana, An Old Idea Finds New Life 2011-06-19T17:33:27Z However, Cooper's bravery and down-to-earth, avuncular personality ensured massive popularity during his boxing career and then as a TV pundit and commentator, game show panellist, after-dinner speaker and tireless charity fundraiser. Former British heavyweight Henry Cooper dies at 76 2011-05-01T21:50:46Z Mr. Dowd spoke in a gravelly monotone with few gestures and an avuncular manner, his glasses perched atop his nose. DealBook: Rajaratnam's Lawyer Casts Doubt on Witnesses' Credibility 2011-04-21T19:21:31Z The Mets carry so much baggage, not just the avuncular creep who swindled the owners and a lot of other people. Sports of The Times: Baggage, New and Old, Arrives at Citi Field 2011-04-09T03:30:52Z An avuncular former schoolteacher, Mr. Kretschmann, 62, was a Communist activist as a student but now sits on the Central Committee of German Catholics. Germany's Greens Prepare for Power, and Major Tests 2011-04-01T20:46:02Z He is a consummate retail politician, given to small talk and an avuncular style. The Bay Citizen: In Mayoral Race, Yee Makes Name for Himself as a Loner and a Workhorse 2011-02-27T05:20:18Z The divisive underbelly of Reagan's sunny optimism Ronald Reagan was an avuncular statesman whose unswerving faith in America's destiny indelibly changed the course of American society for the better. The divisive underbelly of Reagan's sunny optimism 2011-02-03T16:31:00Z Pires may be there to keep an avuncular eye on things, if only from the bench. Barry Bannan changes pace as Aston Villa youngsters get up to speed 2011-01-31T07:01:02Z The hard lot of vicars is sometimes alleviated by the devotion of the younger female members of their flock, in whom they can take an affectionate and fatherly, or at least avuncular, interest. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z With smile avuncular and bland, He leads them gently by the hand. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z I do not wish to speak of Jennie in a fatherly or avuncular manner. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Busby was as tough as the old shin-high boots he wore as a player for Manchester City and Liverpool but he presented an avuncular face to the world at large. Sir Alex Ferguson reminds us of the importance of a good manager 2010-12-17T16:00:02Z Wen's avuncular style contrasts sharply with that of Singh, who is seen as shy and lacking charisma. China PM on India charm offensive, offers trade boost 2010-12-16T15:54:32Z Parky sends Fifa warning Sir Michael Parkinson, pictured, avuncular friend of the stars, shed his TV persona at the 62nd annual British Sports Awards yesterday. English football braced for more government intervention 2010-12-09T00:06:00Z "I've delivered to you this shift of workers, as we agreed I would," said Urzúa, an avuncular foreman who judiciously rationed his men's food during their 70 days in the abyss. The Rescued Miners: Winning Respect for Chile's Working Class 2010-10-14T22:40:00Z James Callaghan, Labour prime minister in the 1970s, was “avuncular, cocky, tetchy, shrewd, cunning, teetotal.” Andrew Roth, 91; American-Born Chronicler of British Politics 2010-08-16T22:41:00Z “In the prisons, there will be a period of training and study,” said Mr. Hodeibi, avuncular, even light-hearted. In Iraq, Western Clocks, but Middle Eastern Time 2010-08-14T23:09:00Z He does not exude the avuncular authority of Ken Clarke whom many neutrals would have preferred to see in charge of the Treasury. George Osborne is wearing the trousers in this government 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z Dr. Walters said she might hire part-timers, fresh from seminary, to serve terms of two or three years, ensuring in youthful energy what is lost in aged wisdom and in avuncular, or materteral, authority. Beliefs: College Fires Chaplains, and Students Move On 2010-06-19T00:11:00Z In a black cutoff shirt with a web of tattoos on his left shoulder, he will not be mistaken for an avuncular manager like Bobby Cox. Five Players Who Outranked the Yankees? Captain, if Only Briefly 2010-06-05T16:15:00Z Once inside his summer residence, this avuncular former parliamentary speaker pulled a pistol from his pocket and laid it on the table; he then pointed to a Kalashnikov in the corner. If you want to understand Kyrgyzstan, read this 2010-04-10T00:30:00Z For those who, with M�ller, suppose Hengest to be brother of Hn�f, will have to admit the avuncular difficulty in him also. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn He possessed the avuncular virtues, had his great-nephew taught Latin, and earned his eternal gratitude. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster He was vaguely supposed to have inherited a small patrimony from an adventurous uncle who had died in America, and to whom he sometimes jocularly referred as his "avuncular oof-bird." A Traitor's Wooing There would he become an initiate in the avuncular mystery of Ham and Eggs. Years of Plenty “But I’m your niece, Sir Hilton,” persisted the girl, pressing up to him, as if asking for an avuncular kiss; “and I’m Mrs Sydney Smithers.” Sir Hilton's Sin Childish rebellion against parental guidance, however enlightened, oft dates from the time of some avuncular remonstrance against or antique impatience with parents "who do not understand the dear child." Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home What cares that heart, trusting and tender, For fame or avuncular wills; Except for the name and the gender, She is almost as tranquil as Squills. London Lyrics There is, to me, a peculiar and possibly rather a childish fascination in watching my more intimate friends unobserved, and, curiously enough, I had never before studied the avuncular back view. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences The bitterness of the avuncular factions was now intensified. The Story of Paris Happily for me, an opulent and ancient avuncular relative has lately departed to reside with the morning stars, and left me wealth outside the dream of an avaricious! Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. He was not in the habit of talking of himself or of asking others to share his negations; but there was something avuncular about Sewall that impelled confidences. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Godfrey Morgan's whim would not cost the avuncular purse a single dollar! Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery He did not romp with his little nephews, and only smiled when Harrie teased him for this unusual omission of avuncular privilege. Agatha's Husband A Novel I was an only son and, strange as it may appear, I was singularly without avuncular relatives. From the Housetops The bull's eye watch might have been "spouted," if he had foreseen this contingency; but every avuncular relative was now at this hour of the night snug abed to a dead certainty. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Aside from the avuncular privilege of paying bills, he had known the jealous promptings of a father, indulged in the self-communing suspicions of a mother, and supported smilingly the irritations of a chaperon. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 "Your uncle, who holds such a lax view of the avuncular offices?" A Comedy of Masks A Novel The avuncular countenance lighted up: here were fresh woods and pastures new to that ancient shepherd. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature This stratum is characterised by its fossil remains—a great variety of miscellaneous articles—such as watches, rings, and silk waistcoats and snuff-boxes being found firmly imbedded in what are technically termed avuncular depositories. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 "Well," he said, "as a matter of fact and record, I am a sort of relative of yours—a species of avuncular relation." The Younger Set The old man turned for relief to his avuncular authority. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Whereupon he decided to travel, a decision prompted as much by a not unnatural desire to avoid avuncular criticism as by a constitutional yearning for the sunny South. A Comedy of Masks A Novel Flora lingering at her avuncular pleasures, she herself went to the closet and took down a dress. V. V.'s Eyes Let us whisper it: Did he inherit the avuncular tendency to obesity? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 She liked his avuncular, slightly quizzical attitude to them. Leonora They are more than avuncular and less than cousinly; they are tender without being romantic, and confiding without being burdensome. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series When the young people, so to speak, came to the rescue of the avuncular hulk, it was already beginning to drift into the corner of the harbour devoted to derelicts. A Comedy of Masks A Novel This call was purely avuncular, so to say, Mr. Beirne employing a reliable physician of his own.... V. V.'s Eyes James Ollerenshaw did his avuncular duty by formally and grimly protesting against the marriage. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) He smiled on her in an avuncular manner, and rose. Mr. Prohack The detached, affectionately friendly, the avuncular—not to say grandfatherly—attitude escaped him. Deadham Hard His first impulse, after the departure of the mysterious woman, was to hurry around to Mrs. Crull's house, unpack his bundle of proofs, and embrace the dear child with avuncular affection. Round the Block He merely smiled benignly upon Caput in an avuncular fashion. By Advice of Counsel "And leave your side?" replied the great man in manner most avuncular and with little reassuring pats upon the lady's hand. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life He was a dramatic critic, but he consented to take a fatherly, or better avuncular, interest in the Ravinia season during the month of his musical colleague's vacation. Mary Wollaston And thereafter he never addressed the green dwarf except by the avuncular title, which Rador, humorously enough, apparently conceived to be one of respectful endearment. The Moon Pool So shall I curb, so baffle, so suppress This too avuncular officiousness, Intolerable consanguinity. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke Wilfred Bohun stood rooted to the spot long enough to see the idiot go out into the sunshine, and even to see his dissolute brother hail him with a sort of avuncular jocularity. The Innocence of Father Brown She had laughed deprecatingly at the paternal affection, doubtfully at the avuncular, nervously at the cousinly, angrily at the brotherly,—and not at all at the manly. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life More, after an avuncular preamble which the poet skipped—having a literary hatred of digression in the works of others—he even hinted that the allowance might be resumed. A Chair on the Boulevard But whether vital force, as a distinct correlate, is paternal or filial, brotherly or sisterly, avuncular or amital in its relationship, is not stated. Life: Its True Genesis I shall not need Terence or Juvenal till we come back, and I'll leave them in the avuncular hands till then.' Lord Kilgobbin Clive had passed the avuncular banking-house in the City, without caring to face his relatives there. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family "Yes—" Here George Sea Otter gracefully unburdened himself of a fervent curse directed at Shirley's avuncular relative; whereupon that young lady promptly left the window and heard no more. The Valley of the Giants Convoys snake across the mountainous Kosovo, bringing smuggled goods at exorbitant prices to the inhabitants of this parched territory - all under the avuncular gaze of multinational peacekeepers. After the Rain : how the West lost the East Two weeks of poker had led to his writing to his uncle a distressed, but confident, request for more funds; and the avuncular foot had come down with a joyous bang. The Intrusion of Jimmy But there had been an awful row about something, and the prince had been escorted to the door by the butler, which, in said avenue, is equivalent to the impact of the avuncular shoe. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million He speedily quitted his desk at Hobson Brothers; and let us presume that Barnes thought Mr. B. had old all the other clerks of the avuncular quarrel. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family He was now playing the role of disinterested host and avuncular mentor. The Titan "Certainly, Uncle Horace," answered Leo; for I had brought him up to call me uncle—though he varied the appellation somewhat disrespectfully by calling me "old fellow," or even "my avuncular relative." She In that case Hope fancied he would be once more called upon to make good the avuncular loss, and so the marriage would have to be postponed. The Green Mummy The avuncular Woods gazed abstractedly at a large cactus. A Ward of the Golden Gate Clive, in the avuncular gig, is driven over the downs to Brighton to his maternal aunt there; and there he is a king. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family |
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