Word: pleasingness
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Some 760 billion tons of coal still lie beneath the U.S., and for a while it looked as if most of it might stay there. But persistent rumors of the coal industry's death, brought on by its own inefficiency and the threat of oil and gas. proved to...
It cannot be fairly said that Updike has written a pompous book. His merging of myth and biography is light and pleasing, as full of humor and vitality as the man who inspired it.
The marathon jury duty had its compensations. "It gave me a minor education in finance and law," says Stenographer Pat Wickwire. ''Now I can sit and find fault with Perry Mason." Most pleasing of all was the tribute from Federal District Judge William B. Herlands. As he dismissed...
Walker Percy, 46, was an intern in the pathology department of Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital 20 years ago when tuberculosis forced him to give up medicine. A private income permitted him the luxury of pleasing only himself, and he began to write. His first two novels pleased no one...
As pleasing as Scully is to watch, other Crimson players have also played major roles in the team's victories over Cornell and Dartmouth (twice). Len Strauss took over the spot vacated by Pete Kelley, and has turned in consistent performances as a rebounder and scorer. Dennis Lynch has scored...