Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tall thin, baggy-eyed oldster into his press conference. To surprised newshawks Secretary Hull warmly continued: "I think most of you know our new Assistant Secretary of State whom we are fortunate enough to get into the Department-Judge Moore." "Judge" Moore's long face wrinkled into a pleasant smile. He made a stiff little bow, drawling: "Gentlemen - er- er- good morning. I consider it a privilege to be associated with Secretary Hull. We served together for years in the House, a long and delightful association which I am glad to renew." Correspondents did not miss the genuine cordiality...
...fourth estate. James Joyce, as he was entering a hospital to undergo an operation which would determine whether he should irrevocably lose his sight, was offered two hundred pounds by a reporter for an article on "How it Feels To Be Going Blind"; Mr. Joyce exercised the pleasant privilege of having the man thrown out on his car. The Harvard student cannot do that. The Harvard student cannot even retreat to the Fijis or Manchonkuo. He is defenseless...
Combining dining hall, common room, and small library in the Palmer house would be far simpler than the Student Council's plan and probably much more pleasant to all concerned. As for the expense, all those intending to make use of the building should be asked to contribute to the small fund necessary for its upkeep. It is doubtful that there would be much difficulty in collecting a sufficient sum. Even though a small original outlay might be called for from the University, the importance of the problem and the definite advantages of the plan more than warrant some sacrifice...
Second: In some Houses, contact in the dining halls between students and tutors has been continual, pleasant, and fruitful. In other Houses the tutors and associates have preferred to eat most of the time at "staff tables"; it is safe to say that any special staff table seems a superfluous institution; and that unwillingness of the tutors to mingle with undergraduates is resented by the latter...
Somewhere south of the West Indies and east of Florida lies that editorial goldmine known as the Cuban Situation. Ever since Theodore Roosevelt, Cabot Lodge, and the forces of American journalism won the island for us, it has presented a really pleasant problem, one which was colorful enough to make good copy, and small enough to afford a thrill without a menace. Before and after the turn of the century a rousing fight centered about the question of Imperialism, Dollar Diplomacy, and such, lapsing into obscurity only for a time, as the economic conquest of the sugar resources was completed...