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Word: pleasantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time in my long career, I am embarrassed. Some time ago, in a moment of careless folly, I made a considerable wager on Yale to beat Princeton. Betting against Princeton has often proved economically unsound. Though it is great fun to make the wagers, paying them is not so pleasant. And today it seems to be on the cards for Princeton to mop up the Bowl with the Elis. If this eventuality occurs, the young Forecasts will go without footgear this winter and I myself will have to cut down to two cigars...

Author: By Joe Forecast, | Title: JOE FEELS A BIT FUSSED ABOUT ELI-TIGER WAGER | 11/17/1928 | See Source »

Probably the most amateur in spirit of all the major sports, crew has always attracted a large number of men who row merely because they find it the most expedient and pleasant manner of keeping fit. If one needed proof of this statement it is amply to be found in the fact that in spite of there being nothing approaching an objective race during the fall season nearly three hundred men have pulled an oar in some crew during the weeks just now coming to a close. The informality of the University squad and the flexible number of possible class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LET HER RUN | 11/17/1928 | See Source »

...Goodbye, Mr. Hoover. I wish you a pleasant journey to California and a safe return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Able, Safe | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

...President took a fresh stance, assumed a pleasant look, grasped Mr. Herbert Hoover's hand once more, and raising his voice, declaimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Able, Safe | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

...Goodbye, Mr. Hoover. I hope you have a pleasant trip to California and a safe return. Good luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Able, Safe | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

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