Word: pleasanter
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Life with Father. While tops in a science that is thick with foreign accents, Jim Van Allen is about as American as a man can be. Born in 1914 at Mount Pleasant, a county-seat town in southeastern Iowa, he was the second son of a successful lawyer. Alfred Van Allen, whose Dutch ancestors came to the U.S. soon after the Revolution. His mother was raised on an Iowa farm...
...weak and shy. Unable to compete in any physical way, he threw himself into school-work with burning enthusiasm, getting top marks in all his subjects. Not eager to let him get too far away, his parents sent him to Iowa Wesleyan, a small college right in Mount Pleasant. There he quickly attracted the attention of Professor Thomas Poulter, a first-class physicist...
...unenviable responsibility for King Gama, a not-overly-pleasant example of Gilbert's penchant for uglification, falls to Arthur Waldstein, who emerges victorious if not triumphant...
...Pleasant Word from a Traveler...
Still and all, for the customer who wants a little sentimental education, this is a pretty pleasant way to get it. Actors Chevalier and Brazzi ooze the old-world charm. Actress Kerr is lovely to look at, and in a comedy role reveals a subtle sense of humor and a refined capacity to express it. And the script is often amusing in a mildly risky way. "When I think," the heroine rages, "he was making love to all the others at the same time!" And her father replies with gentle horror: "Surely not at the same time...