Word: content
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Until recently, the Reds were content with coercing Cholon with propaganda pamphlets to "our dear brothers and sisters of Chinese ancestry." But since late last year, there have been at least three assassination attempts against leaders of the five Chinese "congregations"-two of them bloodily successful. Viet Cong agents have taken to tossing hand grenades into such Chinese-controlled factories as Vimitex (the Viet Nam-American textile company). Simultaneously, the Viet Cong stepped up their "tax rate" on Chinese goods moving through Red-held territory from the Mekong Delta. "We are here to live and do business," explains one merchant...
...meetings had come from Wilson. Firmly in command after last March's landslide election, he felt that he could deal from a new position of strength with the Rhodesian rebels, who had been stalling in hopes of a Tory victory. For his part, Ian Smith seemed content enough to explore the possibility of escaping from an increasingly uncomfortable domestic situation, which last week saw the price of petrol increase another 17?, to 84? per gal. The discussions, expected to last for at least two weeks, were mainly on practical procedural matters, such as an agenda for possible full-fledged...
Present state officials do not see themselves in such a metropolitan role, and there is always the possibility that a suburban-outside combine will veto measures designed to solve primarily urban problems. Meanwhile, the game of state politics is becoming increasingly monotonous, and most voters will probably remain content to leave the same familiar, comfortable people in office at election time...
...another defeat for the Massachusetts secretary of state, Brooke twice won election as attorney general against weak opposition. In the current race for the Senate, with polls giving him as much as a 55 per cent majority over Democratic hopefuls John Collins and Endicott Peabody, Brooke will again be content to sit safely on his consensus policies, successful public record, and personal image. "With my law background, I believe in thinking issues out through research and then publishing a statement, rather than jumping into debate," explains Brooke, who would risk his clear lead by discussing specific issues...
...leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the female hemp plant--Cannabis sativa. Cannabis (accented on the first syllable, like "Canada") is a common roadside weed, bound to be growing on some vacant lot within a mile of your home. The quality of a Cannabis product depends upon its resin content; compared to hashish (the pure, dried resin) and ganja (flowering tops only of specially cultivated plants)--neither available in this part of the world--marihuana is a sort of cubscout variety of hemp. Yet even with its scant amount of resin, marihuana, when smoked or eaten, can provoke bizarre, highly...