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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

To pose as Scipio, that pudent Roman, So praised by pedagogue Polybius, seemingly Pleases a Tory Premier.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 June 7, 1890 by Various

This growth original of virgin soil, By fascination felt in opposites, Pleases and shocks, entices and perturbs.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell