Word: unpleasanter
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While the new decision smacks of moral abdication, the Court was probably right to adopt a practical point of view. The consequences of open defiance to a "desegregation immediately" order, depending on southern tenacity, could have meant virtual military occupation. On the other hand, the plan of South Carolina to...
Burra works slowly (more than a month to a picture) at a table drawn up to the window of whatever room he happens to occupy. He uses the largest sheets of watercolor paper he can get, sometimes pastes four together. Starting with a light pencil sketch, he lays in his...
For the United States, as the leader of the Western coalition, the present Soviet policy offers an almost insoluble paradox. If we withdraw our present objections to trade between the two camps of Europe, we face the unpleasant prospect of seeing our potential enemies materially strengthened. On the other hand...
There will be no "barracks group," which means students will not be placed temporarily in the IAB before permanent assignments are made. "The barracks group idea has created an unpleasant atmosphere between the College and students," Reuben A. Brower, Master of Adams House, stated.
But pleasure is precisely what Man of Letters Louis Kronenberger (The Thread of Laughter, The Pleasure of Their Company) can find in books, along with enlightenment and instruction. The Republic of Letters is a collection of literary essays that presents writers as exciting companions rather than as cadavers for hypercritical...