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...groups link themselves with the most banal and commercial of today's pop stars--people like George Michael and Phil Collins whose primary lyric is "I miss you, baby." With their pleasant, sleep-inducing hum, a cappella groups sing in a manner reminiscent of Muzak, that great piped-in music so often heard in certain Woolworth's branches...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: It's Muzak to My Ears | 11/28/1990 | See Source »

...love Thanksgiving for the travel. The holiday train from Boston to New York and back is, without a doubt, one of the most pleasant experiences of my year...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: On the Road Again | 11/21/1990 | See Source »

Those looking for easy or pleasant answers to the problem of racial strife will not find them in My Son's Story. What emerges instead is another of Gordimer's gripping portraits of people caught up in -- and defined by -- fatal abstractions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Abstractions | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

When it came time for analyzing game films last week, Harvard was in for a pleasant surprise. Princeton's blocking scheme on punts was the same as the Rams--strung out along the line and weak up the middle...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Warning: If You Punt Against Harvard, Cover the Middle | 10/23/1990 | See Source »

...That won't be tolerated. We wish to make life pleasant for our visitors, but that doesn't include excluding [Cambridge residents] from use of a major recreational facility. We will work to resolve that post haste," City Councillor Edward N. Cyr said...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Residents Claim Royalty Abuse Park | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

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