Researchers say the fan could be used to remind people that it is lunch-time by dispensing pleasant smells of fresh bread or pizza.

BBC: 'Smelly' fans remind people to eat

It is only after these two qualities have been compared that the brain assesses how pleasant a mouthful actually is.

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But it is the once-pleasant downtown that causes most alarm.

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Go to the pleasant towns that surround La Houve and it is hard to imagine all that subterranean dirt and danger.

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It is difficult to believe that hospital food can ever taste pleasant.

BBC: Food glorious hospital food

But it has to be said that this is a rather more pleasant way of discovering that you need contact lenses than being caught in the face by an 85mph bouncer from Brett Lee.

BBC: Too late for Tudor

Besides, the Copperhead course at Innisbrook is playing so difficult even in pleasant weather that it's best not to think about anything except the next shot.

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It is possible that banks end up going too far, and have the pleasant task of marking assets up at some later date.

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