Word: contente
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Washington, a mile away from the humming Justice Department arsenal, sat a burly, pale, bush-haired man who smiled a smile of utter content. None knew better than C.I.O.'s John L. Lewis how heavily this barrage of antitrust action must fall on his erstwhile chum, A. F. of L.'s William Green...
...found hardly anything worth bombing. When we appeared over Scapa Flow, we found it deserted. The entire British Fleet had fled from the harbor to west English ports or more distant points.* We had to be content with an attack on the Iron Duke in order not to return home without having carried out any actions...
Like most of his white brethren, Walter Merguson has yet to see the front. So far he has had to content himself with visits to French colonial encampments. But he has influential friends in the Government (including the Ministry of Information) who are not blind to the service a Negro correspondent can render France's relations with her colonies. When black troops go to the front, Walter Merguson expects to go with them...
When every U. S. radio listener was gulping in the bulletins on World War II, just starting, Manhattan's WMCA scooped its competitors. It bought and broadcast the content of secret radio war orders from the German and British admiralties to merchantmen at sea. This was an obvious violation of the U. S. Communications Act, which guarantees the privacy of such communications. In mid-September WMCA was hauled up before FCC to show cause why its broadcasting license should not be revoked. Dismayed, contrite WMCA officials showed what cause they could, and FCC retired to think the matter over...
...essence of his program was unity, unity not only as far as the technique of his art was concerned but also in regard to the emotional compactness of the entire artistic production. Bakst's designs for scenery and costume were unique in that every element (motif, color and content) was harmoniously combined in one complete impression. Colors used by him were in direct accord with the music of each particular ballet; and the line pattern supplemented the style of each respective dance...