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Word: pleasant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back to play full-time at linebacker after missing much of Saturday's game with a calf injury. Although replacement Bob Joyce turned in a Wilkinson-like 12-tackle performance, the Captain will return to provide some of the inspiration that has made the defense the biggest and most pleasant surprise of the young '85 season...

Author: By Nick Wurf, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Go in Search of Victory | 10/12/1985 | See Source »

...album hits its peak when Reed assays the extremes of his emotional range. "Temporary Thing," with its high-pitch backbeat and religious-chant vocals, delves into Reed's usual sphere of bad relationships, bad karma, and bad moods. It isn't pleasant, but it is pure and passionate, and it leaves us with Reed's optimistic message that even the worst of things is just a temporary thing...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Sole Rock N Roll Survivor | 10/12/1985 | See Source »

...Pornography in the feminist view is not a question of good or bad, false or true, edifying or pleasant, but rather of power and powerlessness," MacKinnon told an estimated crowd of 300 at MIT. "It's a question of sexual politics...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Cambridge and MacKinnon's Folly | 10/9/1985 | See Source »

...Perkins is the lightest, at 230, but he just might be the best. This is the key to W&M's fortunes. They'll need to keep the Crimson off Yagiello's tail. DEFENSIVE LINE: Bill Ross and K.C. Smith lead a unit that is the squad's most pleasant surprise. A question mark at season's start, this unit has played extremely well first two weeks. Hasn't allowed a touchdown in seven quarters. Hasn't allowed a score in second half of either game this year. Only potential problem is lack of depth. Even DEFENSIVE LINE: The leader...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

...Neil Simon. Andrew Lloyd Webber may be headed toward that status as composer of such glossy, high-energy musicals as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats and Starlight Express. Lloyd Webber has mastered the trick of seeming to juggle big ideas while actually asking little of his audience beyond a pleasant passing of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bright Lights and Heartache Song & Dance | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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