Word: contentedness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Author Wouk builds up real suspense about the question of whom Marjorie will finally marry-a reformed Noel, a romantic Eden, a successful Wally, or plain Dr. Shapiro. The last chapter finds her a contented matron of Mamaroneck, who in her memory has revamped the past to suit the present...
Landscape painting, like abstract art, goes on forever. Today abstractionism is the height of fashion, but thousands of housewives and businessmen amuse themselves by painting surprisingly competent pictures of vacation scenes. A century ago, landscapes were all the rage with the professionals-but then the hobbyists mainly contented themselves with...
¶ As a parting pat on the back for retiring President Henry Wriston of Brown University (TIME, April 11), John D. Rockefeller Jr., '97, announced that he was supplementing his June gift of $1,000,000 to the university with $4,000,000 more-he largest single gift Brown...
Rotter's Rotter. The Cenci story has fascinated writers for more than three centuries. Plays, poems, novels and histories have dealt with its dark and bloody theme, and still, as in Frederic Prokosch's new novel, A Tale for Midnight, it has a surefire appeal that does not...
Whether or not Bishops Kemper and Tuttle are worthy of sainthood, many a conscientious Episcopalian doubts the practicality of Bishop Welles's suggestion. Since the Reformation, the Anglican Communion has largely contented itself with the ancient saints of the church calendar. The most famous exception was King Charles I...