Word: pleasant
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Kirkland’s pleasant demeanor, however, may have ultimately led to his downfall. According to Gomes, Kirkland lost disciplinary control because he was “so nice.” In 1823, student riots and fights broke out over who was to give the commencement address. In a not-so-nice move, he expelled half of the senior class...
...think she grew up understanding what the virtues were of making people feel comfortable and creating a pleasant atmosphere for a discussion,” Hunt said...
...delayed, my kids' doctor rings a couple of days after a visit to see how his patient is doing, and the staff in a couple of hotels have been so skilful and gracious that I was barely aware of all they were doing to make my day more pleasant. Good experience or bad, though, they never fail to ask me to rate their performance...
...meal at one of New Delhi's toniest restaurants last week the bill came accompanied by a feedback form - rate the "ambience and d?cor," the "value of meal" - that the waiter urged me to fill out, sounding an off note at the end of a pleasant evening. And what to make of the little card asking me to "Tell Us What You Think" that dropped out of a free 2007 calendar that I received at my office a couple weeks ago. Should I complete the form now, or in a year...
...books, in first grade, provided a pleasant initiation into idiomatic English. Who knew, for example, that “drawing the curtains” didn’t involve a pencil and a sketchbook? Or that dressing the turkey—unlike dressing the dog—didn’t call for a sweater and a pair of argyle socks? Read in college, on the other hand, Amelia Bedelia looks less like an amusing language lesson than a perfect modern parable for the restrictive role that language plays in socioeconomic class mobility, particularly among immigrant populations...