Word: pleasants
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...Today Antarctica is synonymous with ice; 98% of its surface is covered by ice. But this was not always the case. Even though the landmass that constitutes Antarctica has occupied a polar position for well over 100 million years, for much of that time it enjoyed a rather pleasant clime. During the Cretaceous Period, for example, areas that today are obscured by ice were covered with forests of conifers and beech, and through them, scientists believe, roamed a variety of animals, including reptiles and dinosaurs...
Seligman defines three categories of happiness. "The first is 'the pleasant life': the Goldie Hawn, Hollywood happiness--smiling, feeling good, being ebullient. The problem with the pleasant life is that not everyone can have it." And that, he says, is a matter of genetic predisposition. Perhaps half of us have it, which means the other half don't ever get to feel like Goldie...
...most notable features are heaps of coal piled so high they look like mountains. Many of the townspeople are laid-off coal miners, hopelessly cut off from the fruits of China's heralded economic boom. Still, hardship has taught them not to gripe about their lot in life. "What pleasant weather we're having," says the local bathhouse owner, ignoring that it's 30 degrees below zero. "We eat leeks and coriander now instead of just cabbage," enthuses a local kebab seller over his simple lunch of dumplings. "Coal mining," insists a retired miner, "isn't such tough work once...
...second half, though, was not nearly as pleasant as the first for Harvard...
Fernandez’s emotional speech concluded tearfully as she thanked her friends and parents, who had made the trip from Florida. She also commented on how she has learned from some of the less pleasant aspects of being at the helm...