Word: contentions
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Thirty years ago, William F. Buckley Jr. was widely viewed as a reactionary young fogy. Ten years later his critics were content to see him as a leading spokesman for conservatism and a worthy opponent. Today the editor of the National Review, TV host, columnist, lecturer, spy novelist and yachtsman is an Establishment celebrity admired for his charm but reproached for his unbearable lightness of being...
...Inter-passing: Some teams are content with one pass and a shot. Harvard, however, likes to use many passes. In the graphic below, Kate Ford (5) has just been awarded a free throw after being fouled. She passes it to Lynley Ogilvie (7) who taps it out to Tara Gustilo...
...geared at a higher level," Bavalos said. "Our support and fans are not content with sportsmanship; they want to win. In the Ivy League, coaches aren't fired for having an off-year...
Harvard began the fourth period with a 7-5 lead, in what had been up until that point a closely fought battle. However, the Crimson was not content to just play tough defense and cruise to a close victory. It wanted an annihilation...
...palpable. Senators appreciate Byrd for his obsessive attention to their personal needs, but little else. Increasingly, he has seemed unable to control his flock. None of the Government's 13 appropriations bills came to a vote last year, forcing the adoption of an omnibus spending bill whose full content was not known to a single Senator; in February, Byrd's own campaign- finance bill could not make it through the Senate. Moreover, with his silver- ^ blue pompadour and dour expression, Byrd, 70, has proved no match as an adversary to Ronald Reagan's polished role as the Great Communicator...