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...interest in them for a few pages. His thumbnail sketches of those sorts of topics illustrate an implicit thesis about the way things were in Victorian England, or wherever. These essays don't prove his thesis, but they flesh it out, and they are, as a group, a remarkably pleasant way of presenting supporting evidence. Far pleasanter for example, than the charts and tables historical demographers are forced to rely on while they trace the history of the nuclear family, or whatever their subject...
...Minister of State for the Home Office, then got the assignment to Bermuda last October. "This man had just come here and hadn't done anything to anybody," said one fisherman in Hamilton. It is the view among Bermudians, both black and white, that Sir Richard was pleasant, outgoing and informal. "The shooting could not have been personal," said M.P. William M. Cox of the United Bermuda Party. "That chap was a Christian gentleman...
...says that the electric cart plan is still in very rough outline, but that it will be "an efficient and certainly more pleasant way of performing the functions of cars and trucks...
Michael J. Lewis's music is usually pleasant. only occasionally rousing. Burgess's lyrics are intermittently clever, but advance the spirit of the play only rarely. One song, "From Now 'Til ael should be dropped from the score...
...regular season and even more in the post-season tournaments. Without him Harvard had to rely on Eugene White and Eric Read. White still hasn't managed to harness his capabilities and tends to be inconsistent. Read, a freshman who replaced Jennings, was by far the most pleasant surprise for Harvard, jumping into a pressure situation and coming up with a solid if not spectacular performance...