Word: content
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dulles, asked why he kept emphasizing a ship of U.S. registry, explained: "I do not think that the U.S., in the absence at least of a treaty or congressional action, has authority to use force to defend the rights of ships of another registry." Now the U.S. seemed quietly content to let precedent and usage do the job without fanfare. Happily, whoever wished to dispute that right had to make the first move-either by firing at the passing ships, stopping them, or bringing the case to the International Court of Justice...
...students, most are generally content with the program. Some of those admitted from the eleventh grade comment that while it was an intellectual gain, the sudden transition from junior year to college created a difficult situation to adjust to in their social life. One of the original group of juniors comments that early admission gave him "pres...
...penso a qual poltrone di un vecchio caminetto ingannatore che vive in ozio come un gran signore. (And yet that stove of ours No fuel seems to need, the idle rascal Content to live in ease, just like a lord...
General Education A should not, however, be content merely with textbook revision, since many of its problems lie in the structure of the courses's reading. After a freshman works with the longer and more challenging books of his other studies, the literary forkfuls Gen. Ed. uses as fodder for themes seem uninspiring...
Faulkner just could not be content with narrating facts or telling a fabulous story. Yet he lacks the energy within himself and the material in the Snopeses to concern himself in this book with "truth...