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Word: pleasant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Unlucky Star,' the 'Scare Telegram' and the 'Terrible Times' . . . We are no journalistic ostriches and we do not deny the fact that our world today is full of misery and injustice ... All we want to do is show the other, more pleasant side of the picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Press, Dec. 20, 1948 | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...Edward L. Doheny, widow of one of the principals in the Teapot Dome oil scandal of the 20s, agreed to sell her one-fourth interest in California's Coalinga Nose, Pleasant Valley and Guijarral Hills oilfields. Price: $43 million. Buyer: Tide Water Associated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Dec. 13, 1948 | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...ASPCA's balance of nature. Surely it doesn't apply only to owls, muses the wise one. People are the ones who make the rules, and they are like owls, only not so wise. If they believe that what is goes, perhaps they live that way themselves. A pleasant world for a bird of prey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scotiaptex Nebulosa | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...directors of the BRA and this particular writer seem to have different ideas on what type of plays a repertory group should do. (Or it may be, what type of plays will bring in the customers.) "George and Margaret" is not suitable repertory material, but it is the "pleasant and amusing" comedy the directors said it would be. It is even uproariously funny is two or three instances, not a bad average, certainly. The acting couldn't be better and goes a long way towards covering up the pedestrian plot and characters...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: George and Margaret | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

...Heartbreak House" were given excellent, professional productions and "George and Margaret" will doubtlessly get the same. But even though it was a success in London, "George and Margaret" failed when it was seen here in 1937, as often happens with imported hits. Mr. Linenthal describes it as a "pleasant and amusing" play. That much could also be said for "Claudia" and "I Remember Mama," two immense successes--but they do not belong in repertory. There is an uncomfortable suspicion that "George and Margaret" may not either...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Repertory: Boston's Own | 11/27/1948 | See Source »

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