Word: pleasanter
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Mimi was another slender, pretty, pleasant young thing wandering in the White House corridors, looking for a desk and something to do that did not require shorthand or typing or any other known secretarial skill. How a senior at Miss Porter's School captivated a swinging and sophisticated President is a mystery not yet solved - or perhaps it is. J.F.K. was captivated pretty easily. Testimony by some of Kennedy's girls is that he was a lousy and hurried lover, but who cared when it was the leader of the free world, with all the trappings of power like...
...Sikkim in 1932 as a guesthouse for visiting dignitaries, it's a stunning example of old-school Sikkimese architecture. And its red pillars, peaked roof and intricate carvings are a huge contrast to the concrete blocks of modern Gangtok. Whiling away an afternoon on the terrace is a pleasant diversion from shopping for handicrafts. It also offers a chance to bump into celeb guests like Bollywood star Danny Dengzopa or the Dalai Lama. The Dragon Bar, replete with a barman in a black hat and a red silk tunic, also serves a mean gin and tonic-as long...
...spokesperson Michael A. Armini called the size of the gift “a pleasant surprise,” and added that it will be part of a HLS capital campaign starting up next month...
...pleasant Monday afternoon, the dean entertains several professors at an informal luncheon at the Faculty Club to discuss the freshman seminar program. The conversation, though awkward at first, soon relaxes as Gross invites the professors to talk about “what’s working, what’s not and what?...
...part of his efforts to achieve greater diversity on the force, in November 1974, Tonis hired Joan White, a former social worker, as HUPD’s first female officer in the seventy-five-person force. He described the new officer as “confident, pleasant, [and] attractive...