Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a Christmas break of eggnog-induced hangovers and relative-induced headaches, the Happy Hacker has returned to campus without any of the pleasant goodies that he asked for in his hacker gift list; no hundred-proof vodka, no fancy flight simulators--not even little teflon pads for his mouse...
...Americans got measures of economic revenge for many of the indignities they had suffered in recent years at the hands of everyone from Arab oil sheiks to Wall Street's predatory speculators. For consumers, who had already been savoring three years of economic recovery, 1986 was a time of pleasant surprises and unexpected bonuses...
...minutes before the expected adjournment of last week's city council meeting in Mount Pleasant, Iowa (pop. 7,300), a man in a parka and camouflage hunting cap approached the horseshoe-shaped meeting table. Whipping out a pistol, he shot one councilman in the head. As city officials ducked for cover, he fired eight more shots. When police arrived they found Mayor Edward King, 53, dead and two council members gravely injured. The gunman, Ralph Orin Davis, 69, had been angry with the city over a backed-up sewer...
Meanwhile, junior 6-ft., 4-in. forward Kyle Dodson--who was inconsistent throughout most of the '85-'86 campaign--joins Duncan at the forward position. Dodson, who scored 19 points in the Crimson's season opener last week at Lehigh and another 14 points at Lafayette, has been a pleasant surprise as the cagers' steadiest performer in the young season...
...very pleasant to have such a variety of material to deal with every weekend, but if we are to survive the displeasure of the Powers That Give Money, we should define what it is we are supposed to be doing...