Word: contentedness
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Before Faneuil took the stand, the trial had been proceeding at a deadening pace. Bored with technical details about the securities industry, spectators contented themselves with divining Stewart's state of mind based on the few outward clues she exhibited: the succession of somber black pantsuits, the weak but polite...
In an environment saturated with ambition, stress and—according to some—socially awkward students, the administration would be wise to more actively facilitate opportunities for release. Louder dancers, longer parties and a more laissez-faire policy toward fun—this is the stuff of a...
Norman Rush is something of an oddity in the world of American letters, a world that sometimes seems to be populated solely by wunderkinder and éminences grises. Born in 1933, Rush worked as a teacher and a rare-books dealer and did a stint with the Peace Corps in...
Having contented himself with the role of sixth man for three years, Merchant was universally recognized as one of those people due to inherit the earth. But there was nothing meek about his last-ever game against Princeton, when Merchant exploded for a game-high 22 points, his two three...
Ray Finch, our hero, is an American who teaches at a private school in Botswana. At 48 he is a contented man, even a little self-satisfied, but who could blame him? He's a literary scholar, in a modest way, and ardently married to Iris, who is beautiful, sexy...