Word: contente
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brooklyn waterfront; Italians and Poles live there now, and the children of those proud Irish immigrants have long since moved away to a place where everyone is just American. "Irish America" is dead, and Corry knows it; so rather than trying to resurrect the victim he is content to hold a nice Irish wake, full of funny stories and bittersweet memories and a lot of healthy reminiscences about the dear departed. As anyone who has ever attended an Irish wake knows, there's no better way to brace yourself for a funeral than to mix your tears with...
...road, Vance has so far been content to use Kissinger's back-up Boeing 707. It is less comfortable than the plane regularly used by his predecessor, which is now part of the Administration's fleet. Kissinger spent a good deal of time in the rear of the plane talking off the record to reporters, even as the jet rocketed down the runway. He would return two or three times during a trip to chat, quip, tell jokes and stories about foreign leaders or spin out grand stratagems while nibbling peanuts or candy. Vance is more reserved...
...much of the book. Pileggi is content to let the subject describe these activities. Since he grew up behind the family shirt shop right across from the old Lindy's on Broadway, the surprisingly likable Blye is full of pungent city speech. Though he works fifteen hours a day for his $50,000 income, he loves his work as few men do. Consequently, Blye, Private Eye is that most mesmerizing of pastimes: inspired shoptalk...
Mary Beim in the title role has a saccharine content well above 800 Tabs a day. With a pleasant voice, she competently presents herself as the virtuous and innocent heroine in danger of losing the mortgage to the home she bought with the earnings from her cookie sales. When Big Jim finally proposes to her, Beim gives the audience a saccharine high as she exclaims "I am a woman fulfilled...
...Clemente last week to iron out final details and digest the briefing books put together by his staff for the marathon taping sessions scheduled from March 23 to April 20. Under the terms of the $650,000-or-so deal, the ex-President has no control over content or editing and cannot see any of the questions in advance. "Nixon can, of course, refuse to answer questions," points out Frost. "But then I am able to film his refusing to answer...