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Word: contentedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The Indiana and declined to discuss Indiana's loss and contented himself by saying. "Harvard had the power and once it got the ball was almost certain to score or come mighty near it. But we did." Baker added with a smile, "hold them twice on the two inch line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minnesota or Notre Dame Would Sweep Harvard Ends for 40 Points Says Indiana Wingman--Coach Page Praises Crimson | 10/31/1927 | See Source »

But Miss Hampton, the plot and the jokes are not really important. The things that matter are the music by Sigmund Romberg,† and the ensemble singing. These factors measure up to the most rigorous standard of recent large scale, light opera in the Shubert manner. Contented patrons of The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 17, 1927 | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

"She was of the forest, and her grace and beauty belonged to the forest, while I, for good or bad, belonged to the world of men, and to this I must return. So I contented myself with giving her a photograph of myself? it was a passport photograph and revealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explorer's Temptation | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

Never was the Oppenheim genius more clearly displayed than at this century mark. Be it remembered that Mr. Oppenheim long since departed the ranks of writers who must sell books to live. He is now a bunchy, contented, wealthy man of 61 and only writes to live happily. He would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Number 100 | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

But the people of Indianapolis were not "contented." To the polls they went, marked 53,000 ballots for the adoption of a City Manager plan of government, marked 9,000 for the retention of the Mayor-and-Council system. Under the new plan, the city will be governed by seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Under New Management | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

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