There is also palpable affection between Mr. Nadirov, who was trained as an actor, not a dancer, and his young charges.

His son is scheduled for a deployment to Iraq this year, and he has a palpable affection for Barack Obama.

What the two titles share besides production values is a palpable affection for the past - a retro theme that prevails in many of this season's most interesting books of photography.

He held his weapon with palpable affection.

He says this with palpable affection.

"Your father could work up a sweat selling an ottoman," Ivan recalled with palpable affection.

Ms. de Larrocha played the piece with pristine sound and palpable affection.

Mr. Homberger has palpable affection for the opera and his woeful roster of imaginary singers.

A.V. Club also called the film a "sort of Bottle Rocket Lite, sharing a deadpan, consistently sustained comic tone, as well as a palpable affection for its characters.

Ellis's palpable affection lends a pleasing glow to his profile of Adams, which is why "Passionate Sage" is his best book, even if subsequent ones won the awards.