Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Club were able to discover for themselves that Seven Pillars of Wisdom belongs in the first rank of personal accounts of the War. If they expected sensational tittle-tattle that would justify the former price and rarity of the book, they were apt to be disappointed. If they were content with a long, careful record of a particularly diffuse type of warfare, written by a sensitive, philosophical Englishman who had exceptional opportunities to observe it, they found Seven Pillars of Wisdom a rewarding study. In it brisk and tumultuous accounts of battles and raiding parties alternate with dark passages...
...those of academic turn Mr. Gershwin's music may seem a brilliant but superficial tour de force; to this reviewer it appeared a magnificent blending of striking themes which truly represent the musical content of Mr. Heyward's material, and clearly a work which can proudly take its place beside Gershwin's previous compositions as representative of the promise of American music. There are songs such as "Woman is a Sometime Thing", "I got Plenty o' Nuttin'", and "It ain't Necessarily So", which have a haunting melodic appeal and seem destined for considerable popularity. And there are themes such...
...Moscow, said Herr Hitler composedly, the Communist Congress for fomenting World Revolution recently devoted the major part of its machinations to Germany (TIME, Aug. 5). The Realmleader was content that this should be so because Communism in Germany is now "merely a fantasy in the heads of certain fools...
This purpose is accomplished with sufficient success to satisfy those who are content with a gentleman's knowledge of the subject, and the volumes are also handy as ready references for those quotes which make theses sound erudite. The introductions have been written carefully and cover, however briefly, all the biographical and psychological background necessary to understand the work of the authors...
...hardware, lighting fixtures, floor covering, wall covering, etc.-the builder buys for himself. All Reynolds equipment is sold through local dealers. The company claims that a Reynolds house, complete with airconditioning, will cost the builder only about 8%, more than a wooden frame house of the same cubic inch content. Chief advantage of the Reynolds plan is that a home builder has the coordinated services of a dozen or more structural experts, does not have to worry whether the right proportion of his building dollar is going to roofing, plumbing, frames, flooring, wall covering or fixtures...