Word: content
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...extend the party's power. In neighboring British Columbia, where Canada's second Social Credit government was re-elected with a crashing majority last year. Premier William Bennett moved ahead with his own giveaway. With no flood of oil revenue to draw upon, he had to content himself with a more modest scheme: rebating $28 of taxes to every homeowner in his province. Both British Columbia's Bennett and Alberta's Manning, having built solid political bases at home, are now planning a drive to add to the 15 seats that Social Crediters occupy...
...Many. From the start, it opposed those who thought that educators should be content to cram the three Rs down the throats of the many and devote their best energies to the college-bound few. While such subjects as Latin and Greek began to retreat, the N.E.A. called for more and more vocational and physical education. Since World War II, it has backed the movement for safety education, driving lessons, audio-visual aids, and the whole host of courses (how to get along with the family, to buy clothes, to behave on a date) that go under the name "life...
...great or wunnerful to express mild approval, or often merely to show that the M.C. has heard and noted a statement by the interviewee; he's so right; I've got news for yuh; that's for me." While quiz shows are "cultural"' in content, the tone set by the M.C. strikes a contrast. Money winnings become a bundle; an elderly lady contestant is told, "You're a doll," or the M.C. begs leave to "talk to the people"-an interesting usage, observes Fadiman, "with its suggestion that 'the people' are somehow...
...contrast to Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, who plays the incipient old maid, has been around in starring roles for a long time. However, she has largely been content to rely heavily on a few tricks. For instance, she cries well--first her chin begins to tremble, and then the tears come in a flood. She gives several demonstrations of this somewhat limited achievement in the course of the film. Fortunately, though, the character she portrays is well within her range, and the performance is generally creditable, a fact which may probably be due in part to the restraining influence of director...
...which issues only stock dividends on its common so that all profits can be put back into expansion, has climbed from 11 in 1950 to last week's 45¼. Still Paul Getty is dissatisfied. As one of his few close friends explained: "Getty is not content being one of the richest men in the world; he wants to be the richest...