Word: pleasants
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...Stripped of their earth-shaking significance, and losing their weeklong taint of guilt, sporting events (and movies, and non-news television) once again serve as no more than pleasant diversions. That?s a pretty big deal these days, of course: Always a country of escapists, America is desperate for a chance to hide from our own thoughts for a while...
...Pleasant Grove, a suburb of Dallas, Waqar Hassan Choudhry—a Pakistani-American—was shot dead at a convenience store on Saturday night. There was no evidence of a robbery, and local detectives told Choudhry’s family they believed his killing was motivated by “revenge...
...what he asked for. But so did the guest who simply requested to be relocated. The only difference was 14 minutes of unpleasantness for everyone in the hotel lobby. "That kind of rudeness is completely unnecessary," says Terpilowski. "Yes, both guests got exactly the same treatment. But the more pleasant of the two left with his self-respect intact and didn't add to an already difficult situation...
...apprehensive; after the disappointment of George Segal, I was unsure about watching another Must-See-TV star. I was quite pleased, however, by what I saw from Will and Grace’s Eric McCormack in his Broadway debut as The Music Man, Harold Hill. With tremendous charisma, a pleasant, if unspectacular voice, and a great deal of enthusiasm, he was a perfect complement to Rebecca Luker’s beautifully sung and just old-fashioned beautiful Marian in a classic show that Susan Stroman has lovingly restaged...
...Driving down Main Street, I noted how weird it was, the reports from the local radio station full of premature closings. It was like a snow day in Mount Kisco, with the school busses rolling early, but it was 81 degrees and pleasant. Very strange. And then, in the large parking lot, as I held Caroline's hand and we made our way to Belizzi Pizza for her post-dentist reward, I noticed another odd thing. Kisco lies 15 miles north of Northern Westchester Airport, a stone's throw further from LaGuardia and another from Kennedy. There are few distractions...