Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Divine examples. You having (in one huge instance) failed, and Damien succeeded, I marvel it should not have occurred to you that you were doomed to silence; that when you had been outstripped in that high rivalry, and sat inglorious in the midst of your wellbeing, in your pleasant room-and Damien. crowned with glories and horrors, toiled and rotted in that pigsty of his under the cliff of Kalawao- you, the elect who would not, were the last man on earth to collect and propagate gossip on the volunteer who would...
...Sturgis children were to be brought up in Boston, as she had promised their father before he died. The family was thus separated, George Santayana remaining with his father in Spain, his mother and her older children moving to Boston, an arrangement that was "friendly, if not altogether pleasant to either party." After unsuccessful attempts to live in both countries, George was left with his mother, while his father returned to Spain to live in retirement...
...thoroughly unbearable as it could have been with unskilled directing and acting. While Gary Cooper reverts to the cowboy in a few scenes, he turns in a quite creditable performance as Peter, and Ann Harding is even better as the Duchess of Towers. It was a pleasant surprise to find Donald Meek taking the part of blind Mr. Slade so well. Gogo was played by Dickie Moore while the role of Mimsey was taken by Virginia Weidler. Both of the children did well although they were made to cry too much. Their part of the story, unfortunately was telescoped...
...Masachusetts Commissioner of Education Dr. Smith created an organization which was not only the first of its kind but also a pattern for Departments of Education in other states throughout the country. But this colorless and academic accomplishment held no allure for James M. Curley, who, it is pleasant to note, is a product of the Massachusetts school system before Dr. Smith had an opportunity to establish adequate education. Far outweighing any qualifications he may have had for the post of Commissioner of Education was the man's unpardonable sin--he was a Republican...
...Adverse, in all senses a bigger book. More protracted than packed, Author Fabricius' narrative could be simply described as a tale of guilty mother love and a spoiled son who turned out according to rule. Really two separate novels laid end to end, it gave thrifty readers the pleasant sense of getting their money's worth, perhaps a little more...