Micro's Motivations chief noticed that positive feature straight off and scored it three pluses.
"The Creature from Cleveland Depths"
Fritz Reuter Leiber
They were all pluses; it was men who quarrelled among themselves.
"Aspects of Literature"
J. Middleton Murry
If a man knows about the circulation of the blood, he is rich; if he also learns the history of religion and the song "I remember a marvellous moment," he becomes richer, not poorer-that is to say, we are concerned with pluses alone.
"Letters of Anton Chekhov"
Anton Chekhov Translated by Constance Garnett