Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gibson was downcast, his pleasant homely face, with its wide humorous mouth succeeded in diplomatically concealing his feelings. He has been attending arms conferences for the last four years. First it was the 1925 "Traffic-in-Arms" conference, then the 1926-27 preparatory arms commission and finally the ill-starred 1927 conference on naval armaments, of which he was chairman. He has heard all the polite haggling of open and closed diplomacy. He has seen admirals and generals mix a sour brew of national honor, strategy and armament statistics. And he sums his observations thus...
...Miss Mathews scorns the Junior Prom or the Hasty Pudding dance--perhaps they are not exciting enough?--at least she is fast becoming proficient down at the East Boston Airport, where her flying ability is highly rated. Every pleasant day she dons greasy overalls and tinkers with airplane engines under the supervision of men working at the hangars...
Poor eggs are practically as edible and nourishing as good eggs, merely less pleasant to look at and hence less appetizing...
...Barker, a Broadway hit. not caring much whether they even paid expenses. They didn't. Nor did they care. They kept on, producing Mr. Morley's own play, Pleased to Meet You, reviving Broadway and The Old Soak, going into red ink but having a very pleasant time...
...Hoboken (see above). This is another by the author of After Dark. Dragged from its pre-war (Civil) dust and presented on Broadway, its thunderous plot is played "straight" by a capable cast. For those who can get enjoyment out of making fun of abandoned sentimentalities, it provides a pleasant evening...