Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ready speaker with a strong clear voice. When he rises at his desk, he throws out his chest and stiffens his shoulders like a fighter going into action. His formal speeches, meaty with facts, are carefully prepared in advance. His mind and tongue both move slowly. Personally pleasant, he has a serious temperament that bars "nigger jokes" and Cobb-like stories from his remarks...
TIME MARCHES ON AND THE LEGION OF APPRECIATIVE RADIO LISTENERS FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE PERIOD MY HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR THE MOST PLEASANT THIRTY MINUTES OF THE WEEK...
...Good Earth (TIME, March 16, 1931), homely melodrama of a Chinese family, now in its 23rd printing, will look, forward to Sons, which tells them more about the fortunes of the Wang family. As lengthy (467 pages) as her first best seller, Sons is just as pleasantly written, should give the reader the same pleasant feeling of delving deep into Chinese consciousness...
...lamented Union. He gorged himself well on the fare intended only for the newcomers, carefully avoiding the recognizing eye of his friend, the Adviser in religion. Then he settled himself comfortably in a soft spot to enjoy the fumes of Benson and Hedges, lulled into absent dreams by the pleasant voices of the speakers...
...were on deck. Near them was a bag which might have concealed a bathing suit. Police busied themselves with dragging the river. . . . Few days later San Francisco police found another bag, left behind by Miss Millette. It contained friendly letters from Paul Bern and his secretary, wishing her a pleasant visit in San Francisco and arranging for her supply of funds. Into the Hollywood mystery was injected the new question : Was Paul Bern ever married to Dorothy Millette? And was his marriage to Jean Harlow therefore bigamous? A New York lawyer said he had a will made out by Paul...