Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...trophies were returned to Mother Baudoin in a pleasant ceremony at the City Hall at Versailles. Mayor Henriet expressed the Government's apologies...
Legendre, as the picture star, is easily outstanding; he has a pleasant stage manner and he handles his lines and his songs with a confidence which shows considerable talent; close on his heels comes D. Gordon Halstead, '40, who plays the part of the sweet young thing to perfection. Philip C. Starr, '40, portrays the inevitable "other woman," sings all his songs as though he were letting out for dear old Maine, and rolls around the stage with a lascivious list to starboard; the combination is priceless...
...advantages that all concerned would derive from such an arrangement must seem obvious. The Crimson's opponents would be able to take their meals and sleep near the location of their particular contest, not only making the trip to Cambridge easier and more pleasant, but also allowing them more time to engage in pre-game practice sessions. The new building could be of even more direct benefit to Harvard if offices for the H.A.A. and for the various intercollegiate sports' managers were included therein, thus doing away with the dingy, cramped quarters these organizations now possess in the basement...
...seriously shaken. For in spite of all temptations to run wild with syncopations, the Federal Theatre's Mikado remains an English one. Four times the show's husky-duskies break out into a rash of swing, but otherwise they play The Mikado straight. They provide a pleasant, professional performance that can stand on its own legs; but with the D'Oyly Carte troupe providing a subtler and more finished show a few blocks away, daring would have been better than diffidence...
...Cantab triumph would throw the mythical Big Three race into a triple tie with Princeton, Yale and Harvard each having two wins and two defeats. By upsetting the Elis, the Crimson could salvage something from an otherwise disastrous season and turn in the pleasant achievement of whipping a Loeffler-coached team...