Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miss. Nina Oliver as the talkative young bride and Miss Victoire Blakeney as the equally loquacious French maiden who precipitated most of the trouble were at once ornamental and effective. We look forward to many pleasant Monday evenings at the St. James this winter...
...once said of Fay Bainter that she was probably a very pleasant person though technically not a fine actress. Since she is not called upon to do any special acting herein, the question will probably not be solved until next season. By that time, so many people will have seen and fallen captive to her naive and witching charm that the solution will probably not make any difference anyway...
...Magruder searched the southern shores of Greenland for an open space; it was also possible that Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Quest, might be used as an icebreaker. There still remained the alternative of breaking the flight from Reykjavik by refueling in the open sea- none too pleasant to contemplate in these rough waters...
...offer me a chance to be the Democratic nominee for the Presidency, which carries with it, in this year of grace, more than a fair prospect of becoming President of the United States. In exchange, I am to abandon forthwith and immediately a law practice which is both pleasant and, within modest bounds, profitable, to throw over honorable clients who offer me honest employment, and to desert a group of professional colleagues who are able, upright, and loyal...
...person to whom these wishes were addressed was Masanao ("Smiling") Hanihara, Japanese Ambassador to the U. S. Replied he: "I shall be glad to come back. My connections here have been so pleasant...