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Word: pleasant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Five months after he left the White House, he said: "What do I do all day? I get up fairly early and take a look from the Palo Alto place into the Santa Clara Valley. It's very pleasant. Then I have breakfast and a walk. Then I get my mail and read the newspapers. Then I take another long look down the valley, thanking Providence I'm in California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Symbol | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...should like to see the palace turned into a home for people fallen on evil days at the end of their lives. If they had ten bob [$2] a week-or even less-they could come here and live in a nice house with a common room and a pleasant garden to walk in. ... One cannot let a bishop's palace any more than one can let a vicarage; that is one of the penalties we pay for Establishment. ... If I were allowed to move into a smaller house I should be better off... despite the fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bishop's Furrow | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...wrestled for as short a time as he has. With just the slightest bit more knowledge about the game he might have nipped Sherry, who found it hard to compete with the scrappy Crimson football guard, but finally beat him by a decision. The most pleasant outcomes of the afternoon were the two speedy falls won by Sophomores Jim Redmon and Dick Thomas...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Overcome Jumbos 24-8; Daughaday and Thomas Star | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...relieve insomnia, go to bed an hour earlier than usual each night for two weeks, obliterate worries with pleasant thoughts of childhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Relax | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

...didn't take Wes Fesler's Sophomore-studded hoopmen as long as expected to get their first court victory of the year. The 51 to 38 margin over the Northeastern Huskies Thursday night was a pleasant surprise, and the squad members enjoyed themselves thoroughly all night. The Feslermen looked very bad Tuesday against a veteran Tech quintet which has been practicing all fall, but bounced back with a much better all-around display against an experienced but small Northeaster five...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

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