Word: contented
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...annually of some 50,000 tons of synthetic rubber made from petroleum or coal; Russia, also a veteran in the field, is presumed to do about the same, with a rubber substitute made from grain and potatoes. Substitutes can be made from almost any vegetable material with a hydrocarbon content, from petroleum and grass to molasses and dandelions...
...many people are content to do their thinking in a false security behind the Maginot line of established prejudice. The academic sensibilities of Mr. Edward C. Weren '42 are shocked by the fact that the Fine Arts Department is to cooperate with other departments in offering a course in the art of camouflage. He may find solace in the realization that others before him have been disturbed by the refusal of human beings to "stay put" in the comfortably derogatory classifications which their critics have invented for the sake of bolstering the critics own self-confidence. Competence, unfortunately...
...pall that hung over the Fogg has been lifted for some time, but it has apparently descended upon Mr. Weren, since he is content to continue carrying around his old prejudices. It is experience with the cold and cruel world that has cut the long hair of traditional thinking from the Fogg. If Mr. Weren will come over we will endeavor to help him with his. Frederick R. Grace '30 Instructor in Fine Arts...
...Governor Leche) to the penitentiary. Since he took office five years ago, he has pulled New Orleans out of bankruptcy, put its finances on a cash basis, cut $20,000,000 from its debt. Like the Kingfish, Maestri is smart. His friends dabble in rackets to their hearts' content, but Maestri apparently keeps his hands clean. "Let the other guys have that stuff," he once told a reporter. "I made mine outside...
...Captain Rosendahl and his followers will not be content with blimps. They are after giant 10,000,000-cubic-feet dirigibles (half again as large as the Hindenburg], airships that will cruise at 85 knots, serve as the battleships and plane carriers...