Word: hushing
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...during his time as dean. There is no question that he sincerely cares about the students at the College and has always gone out of his way to help those in need. But though we should recognize these qualities, the discontent of those who left his administration and the hush-hush manner in which their feelings have been expressed call into question the effectiveness of his tenure...
...mass-market, multimedia entertainment property. Other parts of the culture are catching on. Marvel publishes Halo comic books. There are five Halo novels in print. The Halo sound tracks are released as albums. Peter Jackson, who directed the Lord of the Rings movies, is working with Bungie on a hush-hush Halo spin-off project, and he has signed on to produce a Halo movie (though a deal with Fox and Universal fell through last year). "When we were launching Halo 2 , you'd spend half your meetings with brands educating them on the video-game business," says Chris...
...packed into a wood-paneled room inside UAW Local 74, a modest brick union hall around the corner from a vast John Deere plant. They cheer when Elizabeth Edwards cites a poll that puts her husband 8 points ahead of Hillary Clinton in Iowa, and they fall into a hush when Elizabeth talks about health care. "Ninety-five thousand women in this state are uninsured," she says, "and if you are uninsured, you are 30% to 50% more likely to die of breast cancer." Her words resonate with the knowledge that her breast cancer has spread incurably to her ribs...
...from town and into the nearby palm groves, where Poppas and other commanders believed insurgents have been stashing weapons and running small training camps for months. The following morning, U.S. troops lined the road edging Qubah with their backs to the village and then marched slowly into the breezy hush under the canopy. Shots sounded among the thick undergrowth throughout the day as insurgents fired on U.S. troops combing the thickets, but there were no casualties on either side. U.S. forces say they found two large arms caches in the palm groves outside the village, however, as well as signs...
...bringing all the different arts together,” according to Chen. Spies-Gans also cited their desire to “push the bounds of what is considered a museum” as being at the heart of the event’s relaxed atmosphere. The usual hush of the galleries was replaced with the strum of sophomore Jonathan M. Jackson ’09’s guitar and the chatter of the students discussing the works on the walls...