Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sentimental spirit. They are no longer singing of one-night stands and stupid girls, but about meaningful relationships--and not just with women, but with their children and friends as well. Though it sounds a little corny when Richards sings the refrain in "Memory Motel," the lyrics are a pleasant surprise...
...over the years have accomplished more than the director ever intended, perhaps even imagined. Hitchcock will admit to no loftier ambition than entertainment. Nonetheless, his best movies-The Wrong Man, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds-reach into deep pockets of psychic guilt, creating not only a pleasant, fleeting rush of terror in an audience but also a lingering, fixed anxiety. He is a technical master. But the tense economy of his best scenes, the closely calibrated dynamics of his editing, have also shaped the way people look at films and the way they make them...
Mary Nietnan Pleasant Hill, Calif...
...rent for much desired villas with swimming pools in suburban Kifissia has doubled recently, to about $1,000 a month. Even so, points out one recent corporate settler, Edwin P. Hoffman, senior vice president of Citibank, "Athens has the schools and housing that we require. It's a pleasant city...
...Teachers have found the new setup difficult at times, but after adjusting to it and the presence of aides, many have found it a good change. Says one: "I've never worked so hard, but the children are more interested in learning and the classrooms are much more pleasant...