Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pleasant personality of Professor Greenough transforms the rather mountainous subject matter of this course into something of piquant charm. To one who is concentrating in English the reading as assigned is invaluable. To one who is not concentrating in English the reading may prove interesting depending on the individual's taste. The student in this course may pass surreptitiously by some of the reading without materially affecting his grade. A rather formal souffle rendered more palatable by Professor Greenough's interpretation and presentation...
...military and naval science are a legacy from the post-war days, when all of us, from William Roscoe Thayer down, were far more convinced of the efficacy of war as a social instrument than we are now. They have followed the trend of the times; originally a pleasant path to a course credit, they have stiffened their requirements, placed more emphasis on the really scientific features of their field, and are now as difficult as the run of courses in the college. This, coupled with the fact that the treat is on the government, has left the administration strangely...
Eldest Daughter Ailing ("Pleasant") Soong is the Sibyl of the clan. She approved the hot haste in which Old Charlie married off Second Sister Ching-ling ("Happy") to First President Sun. Years later when Dr. Sun was dead and when Generalissimo Chiang, once a secretary of Dr. Sun, had conquered all China, "Pleasant" said: "We Soongs can make much of this man." Though he was a Buddhist with concubines and the Soongs are Christians, she approved when Chiang put aside his concubines and married Youngest Sister Mei-ling ("Beautiful"). Meanwhile "Pleasant" herself had married the 75th lineal descendant of Confucius...
...result that Mr. Soong resigned as Finance Minister. He was replaced by the Generalissimo's other Brother-in-law, Dr. Kung. But in Chinese finance there is no such thing as replacing T. V. Soong. Dr. Kung is amiable and highly esteemed, less clever than his wife "Pleasant." Mr. Soong is the only man who ever balanced China's budget (TIME, Jan. 2), the only Chinese Finance Minister who ever held his country's extravagant militarists in check. Unfortunately Soong the Financier tried to make himself a popular figure by clamoring for Chinese efforts to wrest Manchukuo...
...considerations do not matter. For those who are interested in it the League fulfills the praiseworthy object of being an interest. Through it they escape the reproach of being indifferent, the rigours of participation in a live, unhypothetical movement, and they gain not only honour and glory but a pleasant pastime as well. Parcuis and deans smile benignantly on them, for the occupation is warranted harmless and money refunded if it leads to being arrested while picketing a strike...