Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They had come, seen, and learned that ambitious little men in grandiose offices are content to permit the War to run its course, lies, dresses, and polite conversation are not enough. Petitions, visits from university presidents, and promises to be active in future elections are not enough. Civil disobedience and mass arrests (as those who decided to remain in Washington for the weekend demonstrations would discover) are not enough. Well-worded statements and polished arguments, especially, are not enough. The War proceeds with a logic of its own. Only the Vietnamese "enemy" can contradict that logic...
...Symphony in B-flat was simply poor music with exposed transitions and bridges (where they existed), trite sequences, and general harmonic and melodic poverty. Typical was an inane arpeggiated triad figure used as melody in the first movement. At least the bubbly rococo confusion of sound obscured the meagre content of the fast movements; absolutely nothing could save the andante...
...astrology and nature mysticism. She revived briefly to write a book of beauty secrets (to prevent wrinkles, she suggested binding thin slivers of raw beef tightly around the face) and made some lecture tours ("Let historical justice be done to the intellect of woman," she implored. "I am content to leave the history of her heart and moral life, without comment, to defend itself by contrast with that of the other sex"). But at 41, she had a schizophrenic collapse. She spent the last two years of her life shuffling along the sidewalks of New York, imploring God to forgive...
ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC. the Cambridge-based research and consulting firm, has long provided radicals with a classic example of Harvard's connections with the military-industrial complex. The company occupies a unique position by virtue of its outstanding expertise both in science and in management. Not content with mere military contracting like ordinary companies, ADL also gives the government expert advice on how to finance those contracts. Its military contracts in the past have included the testing of weapons effectiveness, development of anti-submarine warfare systems, and synthesis of THC--the active ingredient in marijuana--for incapacitating enemy troops...
...fasters contend that students should have a say in investment policies of the University and the content of courses...