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Word: contentedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suppose that on one fateful night in August 1997, New York City cop Justin Volpe had contented himself with pummeling Abner Louima with his nightstick instead of ramming a broom handle into Louima's rectum and then waving it in front of his face. Suppose that after that vicious assault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White Wall of Silence | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Or maybe it was that my feet hurt. A hectic Harvard schedule, three-inch heeled boots and hard cement walkways don't usually combine to produce happy feet at the end of the day, and Friday night was no exception. So when a satin and linen-clad chanter from Monk...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Monk Charms with Polyphonic Chant | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

At the climax of the story, Hajime has to decide between his contented domesticity and realizing his dream of life with Shimamoto. Typically, he's faced with the dissatisfaction of what he has to leave behind. Unfortunately the protagonist doesn't even develop into a tragic hero because he doesn...

Author: By Ben A. Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Murakami's Fiction as Spicy as Tofu | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Until then, Melo has contented himself by creating a little taste of the Azores in Inman Square.

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Portuguese Restaurateurs Finds Lack in the U.S. | 3/10/1999 | See Source »

At the same time, no one was hit harder by the shock wave in January than Hillary. Her marriage was on gruesome display; even if she believed Clinton's denials, she could still foresee the toll. For 22 years they had worked to get to this point, a liberated, second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Clinton: The Better Half | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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