Word: contently
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Expected in some quarters to drag on through the weekend, the deal was reached before desperation set in on NATO?s side. "Moscow had been quite content to prolong the standoff," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. After all, by seizing Pristina's airport and spoiling NATO?s victory parade, Russia restored some of the sense of geopolitical power that had faded since the end of the Cold War. But apparently realizing that the standoff could last only so long -- Russia after all remains in economic free-fall and can't afford to step on the West?s goodwill indfinitely...
...first offended at this idea--the Internet is meant to be open and free!--I quickly appreciated the faster downloads and utilitarian data. If the Palm takes off (did I mention the service is too expensive?), I can even imagine people doing the unthinkable: paying for selected Web content. But not at these prices...
...have engendered consequences we regret. Edward Bernays, the father of public relations (what we now blithely call spin), figured out how to get people to buy things they did not really want and feel things they did not really believe in. His legacy may be political campaigns without content, women who thought Virginia Slims were liberating, and an epidemic of credit-card debt...
...organization opened a can of worms when it barred the Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF) from participating in Cultural Rhythms at the last minute. The Foundation deemed the religious content of AACF's performance inappropriate...
After several months living with the policy changes, members said they are now more content...