Word: pleasanter
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Dylan appeared graciously on stage at 8:15 p.m., only 15 minutes late—a pleasant surprise to those students who remembered the two-hour wait for Busta Rhymes last spring. “I was thrilled there was no opening act,” Ilyinsky said, referring the short recording of “Fanfare for the Common Man” that took the place of an usual opening...
They’re interested now, certainly. Those scouts from the 49ers, the Giants and the Vikings aren’t trekking out to Cambridge for the pleasant weather. But it’s too early to see how it will all pan out—if Fitzpatrick will be a Jay Fiedler or a Gavin Hoffman...
...scraping and searching for an identity. He used marijuana and tried cocaine. His grades slipped. He was acutely aware of the low expectations some white people had for him. "People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves," he wrote. "Such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn't seem angry...
...Gogh was reviled by many of the country's nearly 1 million Muslims, who comprise about 6% of its population. "It's increasingly less pleasant for Muslims in the Netherlands," says Driss El Boujoufi, deputy chairman of the Union of Moroccan Mosque Organizations. "Society is becoming more divisive...
...with any decent song-based game, a plethora of aurally pleasant tunes is crucial to Donkey Konga’s success. There are over thirty songs at your drumming disposal, and while your standard Nintendo classics and children’s singalongs are available, so are a range of pop ditties more familiar to the college kids of today. You can unleash your inner Roger Taylor to Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” or dispose of your inner Travis Barker on Blink 182’s “All the Small...