Word: pleasingness
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In addition to the main biographical thread, Professor Brinton has dropped numerous little side-remarks--bits of sparkling philosophy and good humor--that make his work an altogether pleasing account. He seems to have written his book with an impish smile for his Puritan readers.
A Boston paper recently commented in its editorial columns on what the writer considered the deporable fact that the American college campus, of a weekend, is no longer a campus but a "deserted village". The editorial says ominously that "the campus has become for some students merely a place to...
But even more pleasing to the coaches than the greatly improved offensive work, was the defensive power of the team. Although aided by Princeton fumbling at one point and a penalty at another, the line stiffened whenever the Tiger got within hailing distance of the goal, and held for downs...
Formed in Manhattan last week was a National Committee "to Lift the Onion Eater from the Category of Social Lepers." The Committee's plans were tentative. Said Secretary A. W. Lockwood: "Some want to educate the public to enjoy and preserve the aroma of onion, which they feel is...
Loretta Young always has a sad look in her eyes, and in this picture it is somehow more effective when she is being rushed by a dozen caballeroes than when she has lost her husband. Altogether her presence and her hearing and her acting are highly pleasing. Don Ameche and...