He asks for nothing and is seemingly content to give nothing in return.
In the view of Democrats and Republicans alike, Mr. Gardner is as inscrutable as he is stubborn, and he has given nothing away, appearing content to let the storm swirl around him as he waits for the right moment to lock in the date of his state's primary.
Mr. Bush did nothing, content with arguing that Congress's decision to declare a perpetual state of war with Al Qaeda gave him the right to hold prisoners indefinitely without any trial.
We sip tea, gazing at our sea view, content to do nothing much at all.
While the arguments rage in the courts, Congress seems content to do nothing at all about patent reform.
Not surprisingly given this requirement, Apple seems content to say nothing, as it did not comment on or issue a news release for the transaction.
He went on, "Eventually one becomes content to do nothing other than be with oneself, without knowing what one actually should be doing".
These days, as a veteran auteur with nothing to prove, Mr. De Palma is content to go wherever the work is, regardless of who is writing the checks.
The personal interest in athletics has been largely superseded by an interest in spectacular games, which, unfortunately, tend to divide the nation into two groups -- the few overworked champions in the arena, and the great crowd, content to do nothing but sit on the benches and look on, while indulging their tastes for tobacco and alcohol.
And it's more than a glorified e-reader: the limitations of that type of hardware are lethal to many of the methods in which we are now accustomed to finding, consuming, and creating content (to say nothing of the screen quality).
