Word: pleasingness
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It was a moment the Democrats had long dreaded: the opening of the U.S. Senate debate on the natural gas bill passed last year by the House. In passionate support of the bill were Democratic Senators from such gas-producing states as Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas. In furious opposition were Democratic...
Crchore did just that, and Lyle Guttu added two more to give the varsity a pleasing 4-2 win at the Watson Rink. It was a pleasing victory because it assured the Crimson of at least a split in its two games with Brown, generally regarded as the top threat...
It was also pleasing because it was the varsity's third straight win and augured a good last half of the season after the exam period layoff.
A TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS SONGS AND CAROLS, edited by Henry W. Simon (242 pp.; Houghton Mifflin; $4.95), brings together in words and music the old British and U.S. favorites, a pleasing selection from foreign countries, and songs for children.
As her bewildered yet sympathetic husband of a few days, Mark Stevens is less successful. In the role of the concerned but helpless bystander, he is barely convincing. Although Stevens is a trifle too All-American and anxious, his voice as narrator in some flashback scenes is far more pleasing...