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Word: pleasantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pleasant as The Brink's Job is, one does miss some of the energy that Friedkin brings to his meaner movies. This film's exposition is too slow by half; the Brink's robbery itself is amusing without ever really being suspenseful. Perhaps some day both William Friedkins will converge in a single movie. When and if that happens, this gifted but divided craftsman will finally become a major film maker. - Frank Rich

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Light Work | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...more, each side seems to express a different feeling. This phenomenon can best be shown by first covering one half of the face in a portrait, then the other. In most cases, the right side of the subject's face (on the viewer's left) appears pleasant or blank; the left side looks worried, fearful or even a bit sinister. The difference is even more pronounced when a composite face made of two left sides is compared with one composed of two right sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: People Are Really Two-Faced | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

Today's political campaigning would have shocked him. "He was no man for a crowd," said Malone. "He gave few speeches. His voice was pleasant, but not strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: What Would Jefferson Say? | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...Another pleasant surprise came when Joe Salvo, Joe Day and Jean-Marc Chapus swept the 60-yd. dash to prove that the sprint is no longer a Crimson weakness...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Tracksters Thrash Brown, 80-56, in Show of Depth | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Colin Ball presented coach Bill McCurdy with a pleasant surprise by hurling the 35-lb, weight 54-ft. 8-in. for a victory, while teammate Tom Lenz followed right behind in the standings with a throw...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Spirited Trackmen Stomp B.U., 77-59 | 11/30/1978 | See Source »

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