Word: pleasingness
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Janowski admits that she found her high school team's success pleasing, both for herself and the implications it has for women's sports.
The moral indifference of weather, even when destructive, is somehow stimulating. Why? The sheer leveling force is pleasing. It overrides routine and organizes people into a shared moment that will become a punctuating memory in their lives ("Lord, remember the blizzard in '96?").
These include bringing handsome people--some of them silly, some of them wise, some of them rich, some of them poor--together in a variety of pleasing settings, arranging many misunderstandings and misalliances, equally productive of amusing conversations and embarrassing situations, then sorting everyone and everything out in the last...
Everyone agrees that no matter how attractive the musician, if the performance is lacking, the career will not take off. Says Harnoy, the cellist whose bodice-baring Victorian dresses sometimes distract attention from her accomplished playing: "If this is getting albums sold, great. But I don't think if somebody...
The centerpiece of Forbes' campaign is the crowd-pleasing 17% flat tax for individuals and businesses. To voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, this idea has become his identity. Forbes is no longer the mild-mannered son of that balloon-flying, motorcycle-riding, Elizabeth Taylor-escorting millionaire; he's the...