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Word: pleasantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Another pleasant surprise was the performance of divers Adriana Holy and Jennifer Goldberg. Goldberg, a freshman from Pittsburgh, Penn., took first in the one-meter competition and second in the three-meter. Diving coach John Walker said the hard-working Goldberg "did a really good job." Holy, who left the team earlier this second but returned four weeks ago, won the three-meter contest in the "outstanding performance of the meet," according to Walker...

Author: By John J. Nicholas, | Title: Women Swimmers Defeat Terriers As Calvert and Goldberg Lead Way | 11/25/1981 | See Source »

Despite the familiar French gibe that Britain is a country with 60 religions and only two sauces, Garmey names several that are unique and pleasant. One of them, made of meat stock, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and mustard, is called, appropriately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Born to Eat Their Words | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...paying attention to this game won't be a chore. If nothing else. I'll watch Jim Callinan run for the last time, and few things at Harvard have been more pleasant these last three autumns than watching Jim Callinan...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: What My Father Saw | 11/21/1981 | See Source »

...become tempting reminders of the power that might have been. "3500," a song about the agonies of Vietnam complete with pictures of the war in the back ground, provides a searing glance at the past, but the moment abruptly ends when one of the characters sarcastically remarks, "That was pleasant." And so the show returns to its banalities...

Author: By John KENT Walker, | Title: Snippets of Hair | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

...although the language is sometimes painfully sophomoric, the message scattershot and blurred, one' has to admire Papas for attempting the overwhelming task of staging her own show. While the production carries flaws aplenty, it still makes for pleasant relief from the hackneyed productions of traditional shows that constitute the flotsam and jetsam of Harvard theatre. There's much naivete in Hair, but there's a lot of creativity too. Papas & Co., including the staff of the Institute, have to be admired for making a start toward establishing a tradition of orginial shows that try to convey a real message...

Author: By John KENT Walker, | Title: Snippets of Hair | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

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