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What follows is one of the most pleasant culture clashes in recent cinema, as Harrer and his travel companion and their newfound hosts explore each other's customs. The detailed and genuinely interesting presentation of Tibetan tradition are welcomed by a now emotionally fertile Harrer and audience, as are the sometimes humorous reactions of Tibetans to western ways...
...Harvard field hockey team (3-4 overall; 1-1 Ivy) replaced the painful memories of last year's 8-1 loss to B.U. with pleasant ones yesterday, as they sailed smoothly to a solid 2-1 victory...
...that you ought not fret? Take it in stride, as I do the junk discarded onto me. I will endure and outlast it. You, too, will continue onward, past burdens of the present and even those of the future. They are not pleasant, of course. But neither is your sewage, which is part of my existence...
Morning rounds on the surgical wards with Berde's team are a pleasant surprise to visitors. No one is crying or moaning. Children who had major operations only a day or two earlier seem comfortable. Some are provided with pumps they can activate as needed to inject pain killers through intravenous lines. Others have epidural catheters inserted in their backs, delivering medication into the space around the spinal cord to numb the lower part of the body. Such treatment provides steady control of pain, Berde says, and eliminates the need for the repeated shots most children dread...
...else but a graduate of a University that, at a cost of $25 million, would gut its historic Freshman Union and rename it after a pair of donors, would declare: "New buildings are pleasant for the privileged students lucky enough to use them, and those big plaques are a nice ego reward for the benefactors. But are they really what society as a whole needs most right...