Word: pleasants
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...from moment to moment. And by tirelessly splashing his colors upon human beings, too, Naipaul smears identities in a way that drives home the ambiguity of this place. A British white woman has a color not at all like that "of local white people"; when Peter Roche grins, his pleasant demeanor is destroyed by the black roots of his molars; and the "red of aggression" that appears in a slum child's eyes is easily confused with the "red of weeping." Naipaul is constantly turning things inside out--people's clothes, their bodies, their thought--until what is apparent...
...well wonder what would move otherwise deliberate, sensual, more-or-less well-adjusted people to bug out their eyes, desert their beds and friends, and throw down large doses of industrial strength instant Maxwell House. For some, (and such matters are impossible to quantify) a senior thesis is a pleasant opportunity, to write a truly trenchant essay concerning some topic of major interest. But for many others, those for whom the process is a pall on their lives and for whom the process is a pall on their lives and for whom the product has no meaning, the motive force...
...architecture, Peachtree Center is neat, competent and mostly bland. But as a boost for the center city, it has worked wonders. By zesty street designs-bright colors, flags, modern sculpture, trees and fountains-Portman created a pleasant environment that brought new life downtown. Other Atlanta developers have followed his lead. They, too, have built, not isolated towers, but large, coherent projects with hotels, apartments, shops, offices and sport facilities. Result: Atlanta has one of the healthiest downtowns...
...would have been both pleasant and salutary to see a film about a good match prevailing against the odds-sort of like seeing a re-release of a Nick and Nora Charles picture. But it would have required the wit and style that informed the inexpensively made Thin Man films and other light, sophisticated romances, some of which starred Lombard herself. These qualities, once so readily found in American movies, have now vanished. A cloddish script slams at us single-entendre jokes about sex. Doltish direction hammers them home with the sweaty desperation of a bad nightclub comic whose...
...lone figure bounds around the Quad decked out in a ski hat, sweater, sweat pants and moccasins. Although it is 10 a.m., jogger is still half-asleep, since his "trainer," an exception to his belief that "Cliffies, for the most part, need help," has just woken him from pleasant dreams...