Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...game on the 21st of November was certainly a very pleasant experience and was enjoyed by all Harvard men present. There can, however, be little doubt that the playing of the game, although it is a fine game, by a small group of men has too large a part in the college life and in the public eye. These big final games partake to a great extent of the spectacles of ancient Rome, and it is no part of the business of a college to furnish impressive and large spectacles for sport fans...
...illusion on the stage of life is even more enduring than on the stage of the playhouse, that illusion is "the main thing". "The Paraclete" referred to by the other title, is the eternal spirit who runs this show place called life and who seeing that men instinctively prefer pleasant lies to unpleasant truths, is a comforter to his people by providing them with the deceptions which will make them happy...
...Only in the sense of being difficult for me. It would not be a pleasant duty for me as Judge Advocate to break down the testimony of the widow of a gallant brother officer who had died in line of duty...
Every year while boardwalks and the cold of approaching winter descend upon the college there comes to life a pleasant tradition of the pre-holiday season--the Faculty Teas. This afternoon and on successive Friday afternoons in the Living Room of the Union the members of the various departments and their wives will meet whatever students appreciate this opportunity to mingle with their faculty in an informal, extra-curricular manner. A chance is thus given for both to know each other better than continuous weeks in classroom or lecture can allow. Indeed, friendships, often considered unattainable, have begun in this...
...remains a pleasant travelogue of Ireland, "Irish Luck" is a great picture. Beyond that it is terrible. Knowing how we felt about Mr. Meighan, the producers added insult to injury by using him in a double role, first as an American policeman and secondly as an Irish lord. It reminded us of the time that Buster Keaton took the part of the entire audience, the orchestra, and the cast, in one of his earlier comedies. It was just about as convincing...