Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Garrard Winston is, like Reparations Commissioner S. Parker Gilbert, a young man. Last week, he boarded the Aquitania at Manhattan, set off across the Atlantic. The weather was fair. A pleasant trip was predicted. His business? To talk a little, and, if possible, to do a little about collecting European debts...
...Pleasant, Wise, Kindly...
...peered curiously at the young man's vest. Mr. Arlen was annoyed. I explained to him that we had looked for checked vests and pink shirts and, instead, found a neatly tailored quiet suit of blue. We had thought, perhaps, to encounter a haughty stare, and found, instead, a pleasant and somewhat puzzled grin. "I can wear pink shirts if I must!" said Mr. Arlen...
...pastimes. In appearance, I should say that he was not impressive; but I noticed that those feminine admirers who seemed disappointed at first glance succumbed to his conversation and dancing. Arlen, when not too tired by the vast entertainment which 15 showered around him, is pleasant, witty and kindly. He is cordial to all comers, and really likes them. A delegation of Armenians, headed by a priest, met him at the dock; he was embarrassed, pleased and touched. Very nearly run over in the street by a truck, he remarked: "It takes more than a New York motor to massacre...
...Fall Guy. A pleasant game might be played at guessing just which parts of this comedy the spectator had viewed before. It has bright echoes of Clarence and The First Year, besides other ingredients. In fact, it is the unheroic young hero of The First Year fallen among thieves...