Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...often feel the isolation and separateness are positive advantages. There is no question about the delights of "Dunster Beach." The House fronts the Charles River, and in the spring and fall the banks are filled with couples and touch football games. During Spring Reading Period there is no more pleasant way to study than camped by the river with a six pack, a girl, and, of course, a book...
Jean Anouilh's script is responsible for much of the difficulty, however. For a high school thespian group this play can be challenging and instructive. To be anything more sophisticated than a pleasant junior class play, though, the acting must be superb and creative...
...Nixon it was an immensely pleasant week. At New York's University Club, he appeared before 500 persons, the largest turnout since Winston Churchill spoke there 17 years ago. On the taped Paar show, Nixon joked easily and played an original tune on the piano. Said he to Jack: "You asked whether I had any future political plans to run for anything. If last November didn't finish this, this will, because believe me, the Republicans don't want another piano player in the White House...
...them have lots of it. The minutewomen, four of them, are tediously talky when left to themselves, but as soon as Pansy takes control of them they can posture brilliantly, particularly Charles Pierce. The males are predictably less impressive, but I liked John Powel's hearty, sweaty, and altogether pleasant Andy, and the Russians, who are satisfactory stock Russians. The Shadyrests, by the way, Joseph Bright and Walter Cannon as two appealing irrelevancies, are delightful...
...dependence of many people on television as a routine, daily source of entertainment is striking. A majority of the survey named it the development of the last 25 years that has done most to make life "enjoyable, pleasant, and interesting," but feelings run much more deeply than that. A better indication of the importance of TV comes from their reactions to the breakdown of the set. What has been jokingly called the New American Tragedy does seem to take on some aspects of a crisis. "When it is out of order, I feel like someone is dead," said one person...