Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...What a list of celebrities Governor Salfonstall, Admiral Theohold, Senator Walsh, Dinah Shore and Tommy Tucker to name a few. All these were invited and would have come if they had the time. But there were many there. Particularly in the cocktail lounge. There, a happy crowd gathered amidst pleasant conviviality, piled four or five deep. At one time I had the horrible experience of seeing my girl with four legs and three hands, two of them holding drinks. Then I realized that it was only John Ryan and his girl siting on my girl's lap, thinking, of course...
...success of the "field trip" that was made for Management, it seems as though more of these excursions should be planned by the powers that be. Not only did the trip give us something tangible to work on when we think of Management, but it was also a very pleasant experience...
This invitation, to the buffet supper, was well received and all who accepted at Katherine Gibbs had quite a pleasant time. So, from this lead off (a la Mills) to the last notes at the Parker House, our thanks to the junior officers for a perfect evening...
...they did at the U-boat bases, the Americans kept on pounding, aware of the pleasant fact that conquest was only a matter of time and the unpleasant fact that it would be a matter of casualties...
Lawrence ("Dago") Mangano did business in Chicago for more than 20 years. Like many another poor youth he began modestly, as a pimp, burglar and small-time gambler. But Dago Mangano had brains and a pleasant, breezy personality. He soon became known as a man of executive ability. When Al Capone ran Chicago's Syndicate, Mangano was a trusted lieutenant. After Capone there was much unrest. The late Frank (The Enforcer) Nitti, Jack Guzik (TIME, May 1) and the incumbent Tony Accardo, successively became Syndicate chieftains...