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Link to video: Bluegrass fiddle masterclass: Sara Watkins on how to play When It Pleases You "You should definitely practise with a metronome," says Sara Watkins, kindly.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013

Review of Diet Pill Pleases Investors The regulatory agency released its examination of the safety and effectiveness of Qnexa, in advance of an advisory panel on Thursday.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2010

The thought of Obinze s mother and Obinze’s wife deciding which translation was better—God's Will or As It Pleases God—felt like a betrayal.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Hume answers this question in the fifth section, entitled, Why Utility Pleases.

From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Right, Right— Dem me, my dear give us Satyr, keen cutting Satyr, that’s what Pleases Us— And as to Your Panegeric, take that to Madrid or Paris.

From The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir by Macklin, Charles