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Word: discontentment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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In 1969, students did not relinquish those rights so readily. But with rare exception in other years the organic society has prevailed. Students have accepted two philosophies that tend to stifle discontent at the grass-roots level. For one, those who pay tuition view themselves as consumers, not members of...

Author: By Joseph F K, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/4/1987 | See Source »

But, still, Man was discontent. Sure he had a shot worth one point, sure he had a shot worth two points, but he wanted something more. He wanted a shot worth three points.

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: In the Beginning, There Weren't 3-Pointers | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

But, as the officials who dole out the large gobs of money that finance all these thespian calisthenics have recently been heard to rumble in discontent, it might be wise to ask what it's all good for. After all, if it is useless, we had better find out quickly...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: Why Bother | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

A day later Chief of State Lieut. General Henri Namphy made an emotional bid to restore confidence in the Port-au-Prince government. "I have lived in my flesh your anguish over the possible return of the old system," he declared. Coincidentally, the fledgling Duvalierist party was disbanded. To further...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Season of Discontent | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

The network of the right has been fulminating with discontent for some time, wondering what has caused this disheartening metamorphosis in one of the nation's most fervent anti-Communists. "The center of foreign policy has shifted to the State Department," grouses Harvard Professor Richard Pipes, thus relieving Reagan of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Reagan Gone Soft? | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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