Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...airs Stern's show, for broadcasting material that contained sexually explicit language. One of those stations, cited for broadcasting excerpts from a play describing homosexual practices, was referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution for obscenity. In a move that will undoubtedly affect -- and restrict -- the sexual content of what broadcasters say, the FCC suggested it will henceforth take enforcement action against shows it deems to be "indecent...
Others are especially surprised by this act of vengeance because Buettner-Janusch had seemed fairly content since leaving jail. He planned to get back into academic life and mentioned his hopes for new research projects. The big talk, however, served only to cover his disappointments...
...helps to have some knowledge about theRussia of this time period to appreciate howclosely the artists of the period molded thehistorical trends of Russian life into theirpaintings. It's sometimes hard to remember that atone time the visual arts were understood torequire a serious political and social content,when the political content of modern American arthas rarely risen above the fatuous. But even ifone can't tell a Romanov from a roman candle, theFogg's exhibit is an admirable introduction to theweltunshauung of a nation far tooimperfectly understood in America...
...Landau had to be content with a single, measly Ivy Player of the Week award while three of her teammates garnered higher honors. Landau need pout no longer because she's now a member of the All-Hockey Team...
...jarring as the defeat was, it could end up strengthening the President: the personal energy he put into defeating the bill reinforced his image as a warrior against Congress's profligate pork-barrel ways, and it is likely to quiet fears that he is detached, out of touch and content to serve out the last 21 months of his presidency as a ceremonial caretaker...