Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...David R. Golob II '89, after reminiscing about his senior year in high school, noted one difference between applying to Harvard and applying for the Rhodes: "Although it's a pleasant surprise to be accepted by either, I think you'd be even more excited to be accepted [as a Rhodes scholar] because they're paying you to come study...
...question hinges on whether collective celebrations should reflect or ennoble their societies. Reflection, these days, means augmented, intensified doses of behavior already lamentably available on the streets: rudeness, insensitivity, the steady thrum of flash-point violence. Bart thinks he has an older, better idea: orderly, considerate crowds in clean, pleasant surroundings, absorbed in a leisurely spectacle performed by happy, fulfilled heroes. How could people exposed to such idyllic wonders fail to carry some of their experiences out into the streets and their own homes? "I am an idealist, a Neoplatonist, I suppose," says Giamatti. "I grew up believing in values...
...avoid drawing attention to their activities, the five ambassadors meet outside the U.N. at their residences, taking turns as host, with Britain's Tickell as the group's current chairman. "The atmosphere is very sensible, pleasant, totally devoid of ideological stuff," says one participant. Adds another: "It's diplomacy at its best...
...practice fields at UCLA or the University of California, Irvine, he has encountered Joyner-Kersee now and then. "A very pleasant girl," he says, "and a beautiful athlete." She recalls that at every encounter he would brush her with a dare or nudge her with an insult. "He was the one who challenged me to go over 7,000. 'Why not be the first?' he'd say. Or he'd go the other way: 'Nobody will ever jump 24 ft. in the heptathlon. Give me a break.' I knew what he was doing...
...pleasant situation because the team is so deep this year and several players have been exposed to championship settings over the summer," Krass said. "We'll never have a shortage of players...