Word: unpleasanter
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A particularly unpleasant kind of unofficial intimidation is something the Swedes call den kungliga Svenska avundsjukan (the royal Swedish envy): a near universal disapproval of anyone who jumps too far outside the norm, either in the quantity of his material possessions or, by extension, the quality of his ideas. It...
The insect made its appearance on earth some 400 million years ago, and in the intervening time has become well equipped to survive. (In fact, the durable cockroach evolved into something very similar to its current unpleasant form some 320 million years ago and apparently saw little need for further...
Even when successful, inoculation can be an extremely unpleasant experience. One of Dr. Boylston's grandnephews, now a member of the Continental Congress, decided to have his wife and four children inoculated. They all confined themselves in a friend's house in Boston, along with a cow to...
Not Much Help. The bishop's elder son, James A. Pike Jr., committed suicide at 20, apparently in unhappiness at being a homosexual. Stringfellow and Towne state: "Jim Jr. did talk with his father on at least one occasion ... about his fears that he might be homosexual. Bishop Pike...
Loving Memory. Unlike Hollywood, where, as the adage has it, "You're only as good as your last picture," Broadway has a long and loving memory. Perhaps because stage failures are not embalmed on film, backers and producers and actors and directors tend to forget unpleasant history. This time...