Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...switches forward and back, the mood changes abruptly as well. But the uniformly excellent Huntington players bring off the aging and rejuvenation admirably. Margaret Whitton's older Kay retains the sensitivity that inspired the 21-year-old to write but dampens the girlish enthusiasm that made her such a pleasant soul. And Ralph Byers turns in an exceptional performance as Robin, growing from a bright-eyed young man ready to face the world to a middle-aged loser running from it--and back again...
...merely "historical" problems that Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger's cost cutters have brought under control. Moreover, they hinted that they would shortly have proof in the form of a new report on weapons costs. Spinney's boss, David Chu, promised the Senate Armed Services Committee "a pleasant surprise." The Pentagon unveiled the document last week, and the chief surprise turned out to be how clumsy it had been in practicing accounting sleight of hand...
Since there is no public market for these stocks until the offering, the entrepreneurs behind the ventures have no accurate yardstick for measuring what they, or their companies, are worth. Finding out is likely to be a pleasant experience for K. Philip Hwang, 46, chairman of Tele Video Systems Inc., and Allen Paulson, 60, chairman of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Their companies are among the 145 now in registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for first-time offerings. Preliminary prospectuses show that, at the prices anticipated by the underwriters, Hwang and Paulson will soon be worth about half a billion...
...Bohemian colleagues debated aesthetics and dribbled random patterns of canvas. Porter patiently ignored abstract expressionism, rejected as incomprehensible the artistic movements of the fifties and set about depicting "things as they were." Whit an optimistic and impressionistic flair all his own, he faithfully recorded the comfortable little world of pleasant surroundings and relaxed people he knew and loved so well. As the title of the first major exhibition of his work, now at the Museum of Fine Arts, puts it, Fairfield Porter was a "realist painter in an age of abstraction." And now, a full seven years after his death...
...that his refusal could be used as evidence. Writing the U.S. high court's 7-to-2 decision, Sandra Day O'Connor contended that there was no compulsion, since the driver was free to take the test. The choice, she admitted, "will not be an easy or pleasant one for a suspect to make. But the criminal process often requires suspects and defendants to make difficult choices...