Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this time. Miss Dunne is as convincing a small-town girl as if she's just fought her way out of a load of hayseed. But when these three are tossed together in a story that's as depressing as it is dull, the result is far from pleasant...
...this same constitution which finally upset the Arias applecart. A handsome man of 40 who dresses like a fashion plate, Dr. Arias fancies himself a lady-killer. Last month, when he and his good friend Anita de la Vega spent a pleasant week in Costa Rica settling a border dispute, he remembered the wording of his own constitution. Before leaving the country he obtained the formal consent of his Cabinet. This time he went to Cuba to see his "eye doctor" about a little trouble. But this time he neglected to get the Cabinet's consent...
...would not die in winter, When flowers have passed away; But I would sigh my last sigh, In the pleasant month...
Except for one brief interval, she had been there since 1921-for murder. Lyda's face was still plain but pleasant. Grey just tinged her bronze hair. Her memories and her 49 years sat very lightly...
Their officers had less pleasant things to think about. Before they left they had heard what was wrong with the Army-from the Army's severest critic and one of its best-informed: cave-eyed, earnest Lieut. General Lesley J. McNair. As he had the week before, he called the high-ranking officers of the Armies together, sat them down to listen. In the front row were the two Army commanders: bluff, burly Lieut. General Ben Lear of the Second, and stocky Lieut. General Walter Krueger of the Third. Next to them sat Lieut. General Delos Emmons, boss...