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Word: pleasant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie Gandhi had the effect of a well-told love story: it left a pleasant feeling inside, and it offered a simple, timeless optimism, the kind we've been told to abandon by our more worldly peers, Gandhi silenced the cynics. Or so it seemed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Truth About Gandhi | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...long the county has been dry, but, rather, whether it's ever been dry." One must call upon a distant memory to catch the root of this observance, and that would be the memory of one's response to a parental order to cease a pleasant but pagan dalliance. The result is defiance, brashly executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Voting Dry and Practicing Wet | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...price of gas drops 15?. If you've installed insulation, you don't just tear it out. People have made the investment, and they'll live with it." Coping with a bear market in oil will require some adjusting, but all things considered, it is a pleasant prospect. - By John Greenwald. Reported by William Stewart/Beirut and Bruce van Voorst/ New York, with other bureaus

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil: The War Begins | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...system of maintaing union help does have benefits for Harvard. "We're not just being good guys by running a union operation." Powers says, pointing out that there is a very low turnover among the University's food service workers. The pleasant atmosphere a permanent staff generates. Powers notes, is particularly important to undergraduates and the house system...

Author: By Michael F. P. dorning, | Title: Around the Negotiating Table | 3/3/1983 | See Source »

...brief stop they will make in Copenhagen marks a return to an old stamping ground and brings back nothing but pleasant memories for the team. Hordes of eager young fans begged team members to autograph anything-even their arms-after the Classics' victory over the Danish national team last year...

Author: By Janet A. Titus, | Title: Classics to Visit Austria and Denmark | 3/2/1983 | See Source »

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