Word: pleasantly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sort of had it as a nice thing to havehappen...in the back of my mind. I didn't knowwhat my chances were," said Theodore W. Hong '95,a chemistry and physics concentrator in NorthHouse. "It's a pleasant surprise. It's hard totell how you stand in relation to other people inthe class...
...described as a cross between the Odyssey and the Arabian Nights. Or perhaps as a shaggy-dog story about a monkey: Douglas Hara, playing the monkey spirit, often steals the show. He's a cartwheeling, somersaulting, scaffold-climbing presence who occasionally releases, in his rare moments of repose, a pleasant simian cooing. The production abounds in lovely visual effects. Blending silks and spotlights, dragons and conveyor belts, Zimmerman serves up the Court of the Jade Emperor, a courier from Buddha, a ghost-king. There are slow stretches-much of the burlesque falls flat-but the overall effect is dazzling...
...understand the administration's decision to tamper with the housing lottery. Self-segregation based on interests and ethnic background may be an understandable human phenomena, but it is not a pleasant one for people who hope to live in a pluralistic society. And so I would agree with the University's decision if I thought it would achieve some real kind of integration...
Apparently Truth and Courage (Peninsula-style) mean calling a faggot a faggot. How very pleasant. How very thoughtful. How very enlightening. How very dignified. Lest one suppose that these instances of "affirming dignity" are the work of a rogue among the Peninsula staff, the masthead assures us that "The Council [the three highest ranking members of Peninsula] accepts responsibility for all unsigned pieces." The two wisecracks quoted above are both unsigned...
...propos selection for an early morning snack. Of course you've been there for coffee and smokes 'round midnight, but at four or five a.m., nothing can beat a grilled cheese and tomato. (Note that if you take sugar with your coffee, you're a freak, though the pleasant help there won't let you know that...