Word: pleasant
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...produced 25 kittens. Though she proposed such dignified names as Princess and Napoleon for the kittens, her older brothers and sister insisted on calling all of them J. Fred Muggs, after NBC's famous chimpanzee. Sums up Dowd: "After years of covering public officials, I found cats a pleasant relief. Cats are every bit as narcissistic as politicians, but, happily, they are much less talkative...
Sganarelle, a collection of four Moliere farces presented by the American Repertory Theatre, takes just the right tack. So many painful versions of Moliere have been produced that it comes as a pleasant surprise to see one carried off with style and enthusiasm. Not that a little bit of age doesn't cling to the faded storylines. But it's not the plots that matter nearly so much as the mood, the atmosphere. The ART company infuses the comedies with much of the same spontaneity and lively froth that Moliere's own crew must have brought to them in 17th...
...NOTEBOOK: The three stars, as selected by the Cambridge media, were Davies, B.U. goalie Cleon Daskalakis (30 saves) and Sinclair...The Wats Line of Watson. Olson and Britz now has 11 goals in four games, plus 11 assists. Fusco leads the team with nine points...A pleasant surprise this year has been the Crimson's power-play potency. The icemen have clicked for power-play goals ten times in 31 chances for an amazing 32 per cent. B.U. is four for 18, 22 per cent...In other ECAC action last night, RPI upset Providence, 7-6, Colgate held...
...funeral mass will be said today at St. Agnes' Church in Arlington. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington...
...accelerate the heart rates of adolescents. A sweet taste speeds the heart by 2% or 3%, bitter and sour tastes race the pulse 17% to 20% faster. Steiner, in long-term test studies of infants, discovered that first reactions to smells are inborn, not acquired. Newborns react positively to pleasant odors and screw up their faces in response to unpleasant ones, even before they have tasted any food...