Word: nice
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This makes a very nice adventure story, which can easily be read in a couple of hours before going to bed. In this season of headcolds such reading is perhaps a necessary concession to the mental fogginess engendered in the academic world. Certainly "A Far Place" can make no other claims...
...Person does not start by being a Fur Person. He is first a stray who considers himself Cat About Town. Then he decides to be a Gentleman Cat and find a home. Though his first attempts are discouraging, he perseveres; and his fortunes are reflected in his changing names: Nice Kitty, Tom Jones, Jones, Terrible Jones, Gentle Cat, Cat of Peace, Glorious Jones, Official Philosopher, and, finally, Fur Person...
Fourth place would be nice, though, even if unexpected. All that the Crimson need do is best Princeton on its home court, and then win at least two of its three remaining games from Dartmouth and Yale. It is unfortunate that the next two games are on the road, with tonight's game followed by one Saturday at Yale, since the team has been hot recently, especially on its home court...
Never before had the 400-odd island villagers of North Haven seen such a fine schoolteacher and all-round nice fellow as lovable, affable Martin Godgart. A happy, hulking (6 ft., 250 lb.), multichinned chap with a Harvard accent, Godgart turned up last September on the tiny Penobscot Bay island off the coast of Maine, flashed a schoolteacher's certificate, got himself a job teaching high-school English, Latin and French. He quickly made friends with the normally reserved down-East folk; they liked his jolly ways, his eagerness to participate in North Haven affairs. He formed...
...private studies but eliminate the Common Rooms, private baths, fireplaces, and individual entries which we can no longer afford. But if this means that only the well to do will live in the old Houses, then the College and the President should reconsider their program. Gracious living is very nice, but if gracious living means social stratification, the price is too high...