Word: nice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flagpoles. But apart from that you did not count. England was the country that all we Europeans loved and admired. We clothed our bodies in British clothes and fed our minds with the words of British intellectuals. It was smart to read British newspapers, and we sincerely enjoyed such nice magazines as Nash's and the Strand. If we did see some American newspapers, we would look at them suspiciously and leave them to those strange Europeans who had been to the States and had caught a touch of madness...
...think they're just too, too darling for words all those Dartmouth boys, I mean. When I was at the Carnival last winter, they all wore skis waters and have crew cuts and everything. . . well, yes, but I mean, I think Harvard boys are nice, too. . . of course, I'm glad you invited me up, you know I am. it's so exciting with everyone going across the bridge like this. . . is that where you have your crew races? . . . well, then why do they have the boat houses here? . . . Oh, look at those two boys in raccoon coats. . . aren...
...thing that stands out about that weekend was how relaxed everybody was. Harvard cocktail parties are very nice in a more or less "reserved" way, but they don't lot themselves loose the way Dartmouth men do. As soon as I got off the train in White River Junction, I felt right at home. I started out on the wrong foot" by asking my date if I was going to play at a hotel, but everybody was so kind a friendly and informal that they all just laughed, and I knew that every thing I had heard about Dartmouth must...
...Cambridge. Not that I don't "date" Harvard boys, but a Harvard weekend can be sort of dull compared to some I've been on. They say a lot of things about Harvard boys, although I don't really believe most of them. Some Harvard boys are just a nice as can be, but it takes a Dartmouth boy to really bring out my "sprit...
Thirkell fans are sure to enjoy County Chronicle, in which two nice girls land two nice husbands, a brave widow is spliced to a gallant bishop, and pudgy babies are born and crow in almost every chapter. But students of the contemporary novel are likely to be far more fascinated by Author Thirkell's indefatigable struggle to bring old Barsetshire up to date while simultaneously keeping it out of date...