Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fight in Zaïre, Nairobi Bureau Chief Lee Griggs revisited the capital city of Kinshasa. When he was last there in 1962, the city was known as Leopoldville, the country was the Congo, and the story was about a bloody revolution. "Needless to say, things are much more pleasant today," says Griggs. "The sight of a press card in the old days often provoked soldiers into prodding you with bayonets or banging you in the kidneys with rifle butts. Today they wave you through roadblocks and even smile on occasion...
...where he addressed a conference on urban transportation. They waved signs bearing such taunts as THE COUNTRY WON'T STAND FOR IT?a mockery of Ford's declaration about a pardon for Nixon, which Ford made during the Senate hearings to confirm him as Vice President. In an otherwise pleasant outing to help dedicate a World Golf Hall of Fame in Pinehurst, N.C., Ford faced more banners: IS NIXON ABOVE THE LAW? and JAIL CROOKS, NOT RESISTERS...
Muffin Theory. Undermined, too, was the pleasant notion that Ford, a direct, uncomplicated Midwesterner who used to prepare his own breakfast, is wholly unlike those crafty politicians who maneuver for personal prestige and luxuries during careers on either coast. Columnist George Will thus notes the death of the "English Muffin Theory of History ... that a President who toasts his own English muffins for breakfast is somehow different from the general cut of politicians...
...indicated that he had met with Ford recently and expects he "will find the association, very pleasant...
Bailey's, around the corner at 21 Brattle St., offers excellent ice cream--richer, thicker and smoother than Brigham's. And its quiet old-fashioned atmosphere is a pleasant contrast to Brigham's jazzy red-white-and blue decor and canned music. Part of a small chain in business since 1873, the store offers seven basic flavors plus flavors of the month. The chocolate chip is particularly good. All cones are 45 cents, pints 95 cents and quarts...