Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With Anjelica, who is serene and apparently not a skunk, Nicholson seems content. Their life, however, is hardly quiet. There are three phone lines in the house, and they are usually ringing. If Nicholson is not around to take the call, he is firm about returning each one personally. The front door is left open, and friends wander in. Nicholson will often come back from work with a few pals in tow, a group that might include Mike Nichols (whom Nicholson calls "Big Nick"), Candice Bergen ("Bug"), Art Garfunkel ("Art the Garf) or Warren Beatty ("Master B"). The house itself...
Moses's name appeared constantly in the press, but the news media were generally content to echo his press releases and confine themselves to orgies of adulation every time Moses cut the ribbon for a bridge or a playground. Robert A. Caro's The Power Broker is only the second book-length study of Robert Moses to be published--but it almost singlehandedly makes up for this lack of biographical information about a man whom Lewis Mumford called the greatest influence on American cities in this century...
...bill's main impact will be on low-rainfall Western states like Montana, the Dakotas, New Mexico and Wyoming, which have 25 billion tons of coal reserves. There, reclamation is difficult and sometimes impossible. Complicating the problem is the new demand for Western coal, whose low-sulfur content makes it highly attractive to industries that must otherwise invest in expensive antipollution equipment during the next few years to conform with the federal Clean...
...content to rest, he then packed up my mother and younger brother and moved to The Netherlands. He is now busier than ever writing articles, performing chamber music and generally having the time of his life...
Like the fictional inhabitants of Shangri-La, the Bhutanese believe in moderation in all things. Almost everyone, from the King himself to the peasants who farm the gentle, terraced hillsides, seems content with Bhutan as it is now, 95% medieval and 5% modern. In an effort to boost the economy and make life a little more comfortable, however, the government is planning to let in its first tourists-in moderation of course. Up to now, Bhutan's chief money earner abroad has been the sale of its colorful postage stamps, some of which are miniature LPs with the Bhutanese...