Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Israelis could not hope for outright conversions. But they were well content with the reaction of a typical Egyptian officer, who said: "From the Gaza Strip all I saw of Israel was two broken houses in Nahal Oz. I thought all Israel was like that. I thought Haifa was like an Egyptian fishing village. I had no idea you had such modern hospitals, industries and cities." He added thoughtfully: "It would not be easy to destroy Israel...
...this were not enough, Tomorrow's School would have a model farm, a domestic zoo, greenhouses, pond, a lake for "kiddie fishing" and a Man-Made Mountain "for children to climb and explore to their hearts' content." And what sort of education will these children be getting? "Dynamic education," say Caudill & Co. grandly. "This must be, because education, like the American way of life, is ever changing, never static...
...unconscious of the fact that he has an inferior or superior," says Fadiman. "Because of this, he never starts to press. The Van Dorens represent a tradition of people that is almost dead now, like Thoreau and Emerson. They have their roots in the 19th century. They are content and confident in themselves...
Richards will appear on the third lesson to answer questions. Although the content of the final program is indefinite, he said that "we will be guided by the results of the first two in selecting material...
Harvey L. White, who plays the brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, gives a somewhat less successful performance. In his speech and movements he remains all too content to imitate Brando, which inevitably results in a rather blurred picture of Kowalski. Eugene Bell, as Blanche's sometime suitor Mitch, suffers from from a similar difficulty. Mitch should be a little less the hulking animal and a little more a confused young man. Clare Fooshee, on the other hand, makes a fairly effective if somewhat too motherly wife for Kowalski...