Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bragg, who was backstroking for the first time this year, was a pleasant surprise for Coach Bill Brooks, especially since he also copped the 200 yard event. Harvard has long lacked a competent backstroker, but Bragg may well fill that void...
...charmed viewer of The French Chef, I have long been intrigued by the substantial presence of the other half of the team, living in the off-screen home attached to the pleasant kitchen and dining room we see on TV. The picture of Paul Child and the information about him confirm that I knew him as the art teacher at Avon Old Farms School, Avon, Conn., during the early 1930s. But I remember him best as the black-belt jujitsu expert who schooled me in the lightning leverages of that sport, and sometimes allowed me the illusion that...
...troubled landscape of Asia, kingship can be anything from a semireligious show to true, traditional force. Even in Malaysia, where a new king is elected every five years, or in Laos, where the King sits largely helpless but pleasant above war and factions, the monarchy provides at least a semblance of unifying tradition-plus something to talk about. In Thailand, it is immensely important. King Bhumibol Adulyadej seems all but divine to his Buddhist masses-an impression enhanced by the tradition that people must approach him crawling along the floor on hands and knees. But he is really a modern...
...intricate laws concerning residence requirements and an ingeniously devised web of poll taxes accomplished the same objective in a more sutble way. The electorate was kept within manageably limits. For instance, prior to 1945, only about, 12 per cent of all eligible Virginians voted in gubernatorial election. It was pleasant...
...Dunster House dining room is illuminated by two gargantuan chandeliers, each consisting of three concentric circles of lightbulbs. The bottom and outermost circle contains sixteen bulbs, the middle fourteen, and the top ten. Nothing spectacular, mind you, but a pleasant distraction from the business being presented at the far end of the room...