Word: content
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...English Israel came buying. Soon there was a modest grocery store. Eli, turned carpenter, could pore over his Scriptures late evenings and during the long strikes, still tracking down the far-to-seek revelation of his God. The Lord blessed such piety with a solemn little son, Reuben, content to, learn his catechisms and caress Miriam, his kosher white...
...Wellington, capital of New Zealand, a controversy raged over the fluid content of the welcome to the visiting U. S. fleet. The Drys said it should be dry; the Wets were all for dispensing "the customary hospitality." The vexatious problem was disposed of by leaving it to the decision of the Admiral commanding the fleet...
...vocal pantalooning which, owing to their absence, seems dull to the point of fatuity? We see horses, it is true, even camels. But where are the elephants?" Alas! because of the inability of the stage to support them, there were no elephants. The disgruntled listeners were forced to remain content with the singing of the famed stars, the playing of an orchestra of 100 pieces recruited from the Manhattan and the Metropolitan Opera companies...
...begin with myself and am trying to do my duty conscientiously and with love for my country. This must serve as an example and as a spur to others. My ministers must help me in everything and they must promise nothing that they cannot perform. They must not content them- selves with mere talk or create illusions...
...Look at Drums by Jim Boyd and The Carolinian by R. Sabatini and two little sketchbooks, Isles of Eden and A Winter of Content by Laura Lee Davidson of Baltimore, a lady whom I don't know...