Word: pleasingness
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The bishops chose not to press the dispute, but it continued to hound Ferraro in the form of antiabortion hecklers. In handling their taunts, she demonstrated mettle as well as crowd-pleasing adroitness. When pro-Reagan and antiabortion demonstrators erupted noisily at the University of Texas in Arlington, Ferraro shouted...
Best-known formations include the quarter-back-in-motion set where the snap goes to the fillback, and the crowd-pleasing no-back alignment, Correctly executed, the Multiflex leaves its victims guessing even as they retreat down the field.
What a ruckus the women raised, despite the ideal of demure silence! In 1643, in the midst of civil war, as many as 6,000 women marched on Parliament "to cry for Peace, which was to the women a pleasing thing." Off and on throughout the century, dairymaids would form...
The magnificent baritone was not merely a voice. It was an orchestra of enormous range and power, and when it was silenced last week, its graceful sound seemed to linger on for millions who had heard it on film and stage. Homer must have known someone very much like Richard...
Now the remaining suspense centered on personalities and performance. In a convention of blazing oratory, how would the nation's first woman vice-presidential candidate stand up to her first big test? How would the reserved Mondale measure up against the forceful Cuomo and mercurial Jackson? The answers, when...