Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aura which the pedestrian and meticulous treatment by Blotner fails to convey. Those cherished myths--the rum runs in the Gulf of Mexico, Sherwood Anderson's promise to get Soldier's Pay published if he did not have to read it--are set straight as if "for the record." Pleasant Sunday picnics come across as only data...
...Faculty's action this week to make variable the fixed terms accorded to assistant and associate professors might serve to make the ordeal, though still fraught with insecurity, a little more pleasant...
Raquel Welch's surprisingly pleasant performance is a good example. As a sex symbol Welch was never very sensual because there was something awkward and cold-blooded about her. But the movies she played in never acknowledged this, and she didn't either. She didn't transmit the intelligence of a Jane Fonda, who showed in her eyes that she half-knew she was exploiting and being exploited, and kept flashing a curious dignity above the demeaning roles. But Welch was in on the cheat. Predatory, she'd wriggle up out of the water, reptilian and sleek, looking like...
...forced many motorists to take to the skies for long trips. Airlines have used the energy crisis as an excuse to drop hundreds of unprofitable flights, and have been allowed to raise fares 5% to help cover higher costs. Last week the CAB put the finishing touch on that pleasant scenario: it ordered its long-awaited restructuring of fares, but the net effect for most lines should be a slight gain in revenue...
...Bloom with careful hand recomposed his wet shirt. O Lord, that little limping devil. Begins to feel cold and clammy. After effect not pleasant. Still you have to get rid of it someway. They don't care. Complimented perhaps...