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Word: contentively (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bentley's series of four lectures will study "the emotional content of the drama," beginning with a study of melodrama. In succeding weeks he will speak on "Farce"' (March 8), "Tragedy" (March 16), and "Comedy" (March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BENTLEY TO LECTURE | 3/2/1961 | See Source »

This is hardly a take-it-or-leave-book for two reasons: (1) its content which, in discussing the actual prospects of thermonuclear war rather than leaving that cataclysm as a horrifying abstraction, is highly controversial, and (2) its length precludes any but the most interested from reading substantial portions...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: 'What if the Russians, tomorrow...?' | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

...after his death is a difficult time for an author. The itchier of his admirers are demanding such tributes as commemorative stamps, and find the word 'immortal' more and more convenient. Mean-while the cynical are attributing any lasting popularity to some ephemeral 'renaissance,' and the uncommitted are still content to 'wait...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: The Gorky Trilogy | 2/20/1961 | See Source »

Baseball has changed little since Babe Ruth first started swatting home runs over fences; football has been largely content to find new uses for old techniques of the pass and the T formation. But basketball, that peculiarly American sport, has undergone a dramatic transformation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Graceful Giants | 2/17/1961 | See Source »

Dean Watson said yesterday, "We could have made an exception for Cuffe, but we have been strict on this rule." No tragic hero, Cuffe is content not playing basketball...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: League Officials Show Confusion | 2/11/1961 | See Source »

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