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Word: contented (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...find few parallels, His Majesty's Government never laid a violent hand upon them, although at times it would have been quite easy and quite natural, and we left the De Valera Government to frolic with the German and later with the Japanese representatives to their hearts' content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Restraint Unparalleled | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

...boys, Walker, Woodin, Wilcox, Wood, et al., minus "Suave Sue" Wolf, raided Beantown's late nests Saturday till their collective hearts with content, but could find nothing to "the Shang"--not a paid advertisement...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 5/15/1945 | See Source »

...appointing Lilienthal the President had risked a test in Congress, but it looked as though McKellar would have to be content. Politician McKellar was in the hands of a man who knew the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Facts of Life | 5/14/1945 | See Source »

British counterproposals agreed with the general objectives of the U.S. plan, but disagreed in one important feature. The British would place nominal responsibility for all trusteeships, strategic or otherwise, in the General Assembly. On the surface, this proposal seemed to have a higher content of principle than the U.S. proposals. Actually, both powers were in pretty much the same position. Both agreed on the principle of trusteeship, but neither proposed to make any real sacrifice for the principle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICIES & PRINCIPLES: Bases v. Trusteeship | 5/14/1945 | See Source »

...great quantities of salt are required to digest "Enchanted Cottage's" elfin consomme, for it is subtly spiced with acting that is something distinct from the sleep-walking with which most productions are content...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 5/8/1945 | See Source »

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