Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smokers, marijuana is hazardous only for chronic heavy users-people who get stoned nearly every day. They risk becoming psychologically dependent on pot and damaging their lungs with the tar in marijuana smoke. But light or occasional use of marijuana-once or twice a week -usually produces only a pleasant high, no more dangerous than mild intoxication from alcohol. Of course, pot like alcohol affects users' judgment and reflexes, so it can lead to accidents if people drive or operate machinery while high...
...best, fairy-tale stuff, but there is such a sweet, pleasant air about the enterprise. Everyone concerned works so earnestly and professionally to bring it off that it manages to transcend its inherent banalities. Those who deserve the largest share of the credit are Director Johnson, a solid pro who has done good work on the action circuit, and his three leading players. Johnson has a sure hand with the sports stuff; his games and practices are hard-charging and harsh-breathing. They provide an energetic contrast to the romantic sequences, which do not go mushy, and the didactic ones...
Gowing finds Cambridge "pleasant, but too hot," and said he has been enjoying his summer school stay. "I can't think of a better place to do it," he said...
...mile ride downtown. Flow Through: slow. No curbside checkin. Baggage carts hard to find. No moving sidewalks. TV screens, showing departure gates, not always functioning. Longest walk: 1,300 ft. Baggage checkout: 20 min. Immigration and customs: airport's only delight. Hotels/Motels: pleasant, modern facilities near beach at Ostia, five miles away. Amenities: substandard. Coffee bars (espresso 30?, Coke 57?). Best restaurant: International Airport Restaurant. Ten bars, open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; one in international transit section open 24 hr. Two tax-free shops selling only liquor and cigarettes. (Best distraction for passenger with two hours to spare...
Pardon Mon Affaire is one of those sex farces that the French seem to be able to whip up like croissants - airy, pleasant and a little flaky. Because it is something of a standard product, it is also rather predictable. When a married bureaucrat (Jean Rochefort) conceives a passion for a flashy Paris model (Anny Duperey), we have no doubt that he is going to bed her in the final reel - after first undergoing a series of ritual humiliations befitting a middle-aged fool who tries to play the swinger...