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Word: pleasingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Still abounding in a multitude of fish, Newfoundland gestured loyally toward the Royal Family last week, adopted a new set of stamps particularly pleasing to George V. His Majesty appears on the two-center, Her Majesty on the three-center and Edward of Wales on the four-center. Newfoundland'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWFOUNDLAND: Situation Saved! | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

In your columns of Monday's CRIMSON was an article on the Buffalo Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement. You termed it a congress of students interested in "pleasing intellectual exercises" and in visionary idealism. As excuses for the American student's lack of interest in political and international affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Citizens of Vision | 1/7/1932 | See Source »

Precluded by the nature of democracy from brilliant gestures of defiance American students have devised another method for the outlet of their political emotions. There are model Leagues of Nations, model Congresses, model Conferences. There are huge peace delegations, there are yearly hegiras to Geneva, there are pamphlets urging the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

I do not think I exaggerate when I say an overwhelming majority of the class have never heard of the class constitution. They cannot therefore vote intelligently on the matter. Granted that it is a perfectly adequate constitution, and its features are pleasing to all, no man should be asked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Class Constitution | 12/10/1931 | See Source »

It is a commonplace that Hollywood cannot make any money by devoting itself to pleasing the intelligentsia. Only occasionally de the producers dare to rise above the lowest common denominator of mentality, and discerning picture-patrons have to be thankful for the worth-while films that come their way each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASELESS BALLYHOO | 11/19/1931 | See Source »

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