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...class, which disqualified him for the training he wanted as a computer programmer. More striking are the descriptions of a likable youngster limned year after year in the handwritten evaluations of his teachers. Wrote a Mrs. Lane, who taught the fifth grade, for example: "Tim has been a pleasant, cooperative boy to work with this year. He was an active, contributing participant in all group activities--a real asset to this class. I'll miss...
...handsome production. There are well-staged, smartly edited bursts of action at the approved modern intervals (every 10 minutes or so), the scenery is always pretty, and aside from Ben Cross's villain (imagine Pat Buchanan in not-so-shining armor), everyone is terribly nice, terribly agreeable. They are pleasant, altogether reasonable companions on this curiously jaunty ride into anachronism...
Such imprecision of language does a great injustice to Ms. Taylor. It not only falsifies her record at Harvard, but it also present a misleading impression of what has driven this recent shake-up in the choral program. It is true that Beverly is pleasant, courteous and good-humored in her conducting role (if that is what is meant by "laid back"), but she is also demanding, rigorous and highly disciplined. She makes singing both a challenge and a joy for the performers. And if there is anything "unique" in her personality, it is, as Richard Dyer has written...
John R. Harrison '55, from Iowa by way ofGeorgia, reflects his roots as a pleasant blend ofsouthern and midwestern folksiness...
...whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Even so, Ratan says, "it's a sad day. He was mayor of Little Rock and a former chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. To have it end up this way, it's never pleasant to watch...