Word: pleasants
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...list of New Jersey’s wonders could go on for pages, but I wouldn’t want to spoil the pleasant surprises that await those who drive down the Garden State Parkway...
...less quart of water the toilet needs to refill itself." Once you've mastered water displacement, try another, even more challenging conservation measure: Don't flush every time. "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." It's not the most pleasant or appetizing of mantras, but water conservationists love...
...nation almost saved the festival it was Japan, which comes as a pleasant surprise: the supine performance of the Japanese film industry during much of the past decade was one of the big factors driving China's recent ascendance. Japan's directors took dead aim at real-life subject matter, not shying away from the darker parts of society and keeping clear of any self-conscious Japan-o-philia. In a country where school bullying, teenage prostitution and youth crime increasingly make headlines, Japan's directors and writers certainly have stories to tell. (Not to mention a large captive audience...
...Excursion: Abramtsevo, the estate of Savva Mamontov, 19th century industrialist and patron of the arts. It's 80 minutes by local train (elektrichka) from the Yaroslav Station, then a 10-to-20-minute walk through pleasant woods. Price around $3.50. Closed, like nearly all museums, on Mondays...
...rest of the world is so set on being pleasant. Take France. The French are self-satisfied in a way that makes most Americans uncomfortable. They love everything about themselves: their cheese, their art, their little cars. They don't give a flying figue what anyone else thinks of them, and they're perfectly happy to tell all of us precisely what they think of us. Sure, they're rude, but they're comfortable with their rudeness. They embrace it. They cherish it. It's part of their identity...