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Word: unpleasanter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unpleasant Revelation. Why, asks Author West, has the world so falsified the character of Hamlet? "If a work of art should make a revelation which discredits what most human beings wish to believe," she writes, "they pretend that the author wrote something quite other than what he did." The world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Night, Tough Prince | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

There was no doubt in their minds as to who the "undesirable people" were--and so they cleared away. "We spent the night in the shrubs," he said. "It was raining, it was very cold, and it was very unpleasant--but who cared?" In the morning they started toward Budapest...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Hungarian Students Recall Escape On 1st Anniversary of Revolution | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

"The real problem with the Smoker," von Stade commented, "was the size of the freshman class." This led to crowding and to unpleasant mob incidents." After World War II, the Smoker was forced to move into Memorial Hall, the only College building large enough to contain the entire class at...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Von Stade Suggests Smoker Substitutes | 10/31/1957 | See Source »

It is on this cheery note that Perri is introduced to the hard facts a squirrel is up against in the world of Walt Disney. She is mauled by a goshawk, ripped up by a weasel, and almost torn to pieces by a marten-a lean and eager individual with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 21, 1957 | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

If one discounts the unpleasant smell of the 17 secret appointments made by the Cambridge School Committee last year, it might well be said that this is the best thing that has happened to Cambridge in a long while. For it provides both the pro-appointments faction and the anti...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schools and Scandals | 10/9/1957 | See Source »

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