Word: contently
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...famous is among the basic human ambitions, of course, an all but universal fantasy. Who--except for nuns and monks, say, who are content with God's radiant attention--sets out in life to remain obscure? Fame is fun--and vindication. One need never be lonely, anywhere, ever. Fame has style, glamour, money, attention; ignites the sudden light of recognition in strangers' eyes, commands the comic deference of headwaiters as they sweep you past the serfs and hoi polloi to the best table...
...your lunch by the water-there were lovely breezes coming off the brilliant blue waves, and the sun was almost always shining in the sky. You had a good book, a home-made sandwich, lemonade and cookies spread out on a beach towel, and you were perfectly content. The view was incredible-the white boats cutting through the water, the light bouncing off the waves, and the glistening dome of the Harvard Business School. Wait a minute! The Business School? I thought we were at the beach...
...next chapter, the princess who insisted, with the innocence of a New World conqueror, that love could be brought into the royal chamber. Hers was another American revolution, which said we don't want to shed this crown, we want to reinvent it. She was an entrepreneur, not content to marry the title but apparently determined to live...
Joshua Quittner's column on a group of journalists who are considering a rating system for Internet content [THE NETLY NEWS, Aug. 11] included the Newspaper Association of America as one of the industry representatives that had formed a "self-appointed council" to look at whether it should "decide what's news and what's not." For the record, the N.A.A. has not participated in this group, although some of our member newspapers may choose to take part in its discussions. The N.A.A. does not advocate the development of a rating system that would allow any arbitrary body to decide...
...Internet Content Coalition, which represents producers and distributors of original content on the Web, has attempted to engage diverse media in a wide-ranging dialogue on current efforts to "rate" content. Like the recently adopted TV-rating systems, Web-rating schemes promise to give parents more control over the amount of sex, violence and foul language to which their children might have access. We aim at preserving, not limiting, the free flow of information on the Web. The issue is less what's news and what's not than what protections and guarantees can be put in place to ensure...