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Word: contentedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Taurus (bull), Apr. 21 to May 21, governed by Venus. The landed gentry and the contented plowman are typical Taurus folk. They are unimaginative, conservative creatures of habit. They make good friends and good homes. Some of them will become lazy and sensual. They are sturdy of body and should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jan. 30, 1928 | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

To sit and vote as equals in a new "House of Parliament" hurried, last week, representatives of the toilers and officers of the vast Dunlop Rubber Co., near Birmingham. Each proud, contented toiler-"M.P." had been elected by the secret ballots of 150 constituents. A "Constitution" stood ratified by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: What the Worker Wants | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

There is a time when much is made of service, rotary wheels, and the doctrine of non sibi. But the individual has a duty to himself of making life worth living which he seldm falls to observe. The average student does not seek a liberal education with the primary purpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BRIEF FOR THE DEFENSE | 1/9/1928 | See Source »

2X2 = 5 (Civic Repertory Theatre). In Denmark live contented cows. No one has been unhappy since Hamlet. Or so you feel at this playful Danish version of the proposition that life is illogical. The plot traces the transformations of a mad-ap schoolteacher into a story editor and of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 12, 1927 | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

Premier Vintila Bratiano, 60, has his late brother's massive, commanding stature, and merely lacks in face and feature a trifle of Jon's finely chiseled strength. The nose has not so elegantly satyrlike a tip. The beard and mustache are a shade darker grey and notably less neatly trimmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Vintila After Jon | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

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