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Word: contented (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...critic is supposed to criticize. He's supposed to pan or to praise to his heart's content, that's his primary reason for existence. What's more, his criticism is supposed to be based on a reasonably complete knowledge of the subject he's talking about, whether it be Egyptian art or American movies...

Author: By Joel M. Kane, | Title: COLLECTIONS & CRITIQUES | 2/12/1942 | See Source »

Mazza isn't content to let his country down when he stops work. He is the President of the Italian-American Citizen's Club of Ward 9, Cambridge, which he organized seven years ago; the Club has been buying bonds regularly, though not under the Eliot House Plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE EMPLOYEES BUY BONDS WEEKLY | 2/11/1942 | See Source »

...along with London and Winston Churchill, did as little as a near neighbor could do to support Australia. Of all the Dominions, Canada had long been the most aggressive in her demands for autonomy within the Commonwealth. Her Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King stoutly stood with Churchill, content to let London run the Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The Course of Empire | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

...Pennies, now 95% copper, 4% zinc, 1% tin, will contain no tin, use more zinc instead. Net saving: 45 tons of tin. (To change the penny's content, no legislation is required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR ECONOMY: Nickel, Nickel | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

...Liberty Belles, of San Antonio, Tex., were not content just to stand. They "danced for their country" at soldiers' balls and Army post parties; senior hostesses gave an average of four evenings a week for "the morale of the Army." Not content to stand and wait either were thousands of Junior Leaguers and the Women Flyers of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVILIAN DEFENSE: The Ladies! | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

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