Word: contently
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...catching hell for having done so. The Act, which contains the now infamous "indecency provision," has come under fire as a direct assault on free speech. Though the act explicitly supports the Internet, it aims to restrict "children's access to objectionable or inappropriate online material" by declaring "indecent" content illegal in cyberspace...
...could mean a terrible thing like apathy or it could mean that people are quite content with the present situation," says Shepsle, a former council member. "I think we find ourselves somewhere in between...
Students interviewed said they took greater offense at the HRAL's method of distribution than the content of the pamphlet...
...last scenes of the film drew criticism for their violent content, and they are, indeed, bloody. Some were surprised when the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. But in the sudden eruption of violence in the almost dreamlike sequence, the scene almost acts like a sexual release that the earlier scenes of Travis's desperation have led to: Scorsese is merely completing the portrait...
...unclear which Clinton nominees, if any, could pass muster with Al D'Amato and the Senate Banking Committee," says Zagorin. "Names in the air at the moment include Harvard economist Ben Stein and Princeton economist Peter Kenen." With Clinton's re-election chances looking better, the President may be content to put off a potentially difficult nomination fight until after the November elections. The danger for Democrats is that in doing so, Clinton would leave two prime economic-policy making positions as a prize for whoever wins the White House...