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Word: contentedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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A native Phoenician who stopped his formal training in high school, Long learned an invaluable lesson soon after he began building: "It's easier and cheaper to do it yourself than to subcontract. And volume is the key to continued growth." Long hired his own crew, used every known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: How to Live like a Star | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Beyond the phony figures the AFL-CIO marchers got little satisfaction from either side of the political fence. Labor Secretary James Mitchell said that he was "proud to stand on the record of 64 million jobs in this country as of today" and promised three million more by October. But...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Figures in Disguise | 4/18/1959 | See Source »

In most respects, the Prime Minister of India was much the same old Nehru after Tibet as he had been before: while granting political asylum to the Dalai Lama, he was still busily placating Peking. When Red China charged that Kalimpong was the "command center" of the rebellion, Nehru at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Shame! Shame! | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

The cuts brought a cry from Standard of Indiana that they are "grossly discriminatory." As other importers also stormed over the Administration's move, independent Texas oilmen (who produce more than 40% of the nation's crude output) put on contented smiles. U.S. domestic oil demand is now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Squeeze | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

Never once did the British allow themselves to be drawn into the political wrangling. Instead, they contented themselves with a mild statement at the end of the meeting explaining that "our silence'' meant, not agreement with the anticolonial remarks, but only a "desire to preserve harmony." When Guinea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Try to Be Happy | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

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