Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this" mediocrity, not the counsels of Mr. Truman's advisers, that is primarily responsible for the plight in which the President now finds himself. Mr. Truman himself sincerely thought that he could walk down the middle of the road, being pleasant to all he met on the way. But how wide is the middle of the road, in an election year? Not wide enough, apparently, for all the factions of the Democratic Party, which seemed to be heading toward the ditch...
...During the Council of Foreign Ministers," he recalled, "during one of the more pleasant-or shall I say, least unpleasant-moments, I found myself talking to Mr. Molotov in the presence of [Mr. Bevin]. Mr. Molotov asked me whether I had studied the works of Karl Marx. I replied that I had, but that I was anything but a Marxist. Foreign Minister Molotov suggested that one was unlikely to find a good Marxist in the House of Lords. Mr. Bevin then put in: 'That is just where you are wrong. The House of Lords are the only people...
Angel in the Wings. A pleasant, intimate revue with those nightclub clowns, the Hartmans (TIME...
...Grauer is a tired, pleasant, chainsmoking little (5 ft. 6 in.) man who looks something like George Jessel with hair. He is a bachelor, a bow-tie fancier, a tea-drinker and a raconteur...
With the completion of the Lamont Library next year, commuters may find their day-time study hours more pleasant, but they will still be enmeshed in the red-tape of late release hours for books they need. A special card for far-travelling Metro-riders would only reverse the problem, the Dudleyites disappearing with scarce texts early in the day. But a library in the Center itself, especially adapted to the needs of the members, would cure many a local round shoulder. And you can get awfully sick of reading catalogues...