Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appointment to the Academy is generally reckoned a very good one and is well liked by naval officers. It is generally good for two or three years in pleasant surroundings and, although the post carries no extra pay, the Navy Department pays the expense of entertaining official visitors...
Into the American Embassy at Tokyo walked a young Japanese of pleasant appearance. He explained that he was Bunkai Arikawa, aged 22, the son of a priest in the Prefecture of Gifu. He asked to see Ambassador Bancroft...
...matter of naming this particular Mountain goes back to May 8, 1792, when the British Captain, George Vancouver, on a voyage of discovery through the northern Pacific and around the world, set down in his journal that "the weather was serene and pleasant, and the country continued to exhibit between us and the eastern snowy range the same luxuriant appearance. ..." The round, snowy mountain, now forming its southern extremity . . . after my friend Rear Admiral Rainier, I distinguished by the name Mount Rainier." So it was known afterwards...
...succeed he must have the support of the Administration. He called on the President and, by inference, he got a substantial endorsement of his plans. That the Administration was so favorably im-pressed was in itself atribute to the Alabama Senator. His tact, h!s pleasant personality, his ability long ago won him the respect of his Republican opponents. His 20 years of service in the House, culminating in his leadership in that body, his nine years in the Senate have won him a large place even in Republican eyes. Not so brilliant as Harrison, nor so brilliant as Heflin...
...idea of having Freshmen eat together is an excellent one, but it should be executed only when the quality of the food is such as to make the meals pleasant. I really cannot see why the University Dining Halls should have to serve worse food than the Harvard Square restaurants which charge but little more and must make a profit. Nevertheless, the quality of the food in the Freshman Halls two years ago, and at Memorial last year was decidedly below the level of the better restaurants on the Square...