Word: mutedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As chairman of Chicago's Housing Committee, Gutierrez once sold vacant lots to developers for a buck. But in Washington his flair has been muted by the Republican majority, which defeated such proposals as allowing abortions in veterans' hospitals and the funding of anticrime efforts by local housing authorities. The...
The liberal Levin--whose brother is Michigan Senator Carl Levin--beat John Pappageorge by 7% in 1992 and 5% in 1994. Though Levin has muted his liberalism--working against parts of President Clinton's ill-fated health-care bill and voting for the G.O.P. welfare-reform bill--this election may...
Perot was not the only member of the nationwide debate audience cluttering up my mind. I also thought of my friend James, who was watching the sixth game of the National League playoffs on a muted television while listening to the debate on earphones.
Muted. Our message, which was supposed to be delivered to the nation at the Latino March on October 12, received apathetic media coverage. Although we somehow briefly made it to the front pages of the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, the overall television and...
The TV is on, the movie of the week with Tori Spelling, but the sound is muted. Lori's favorite show is ER; it's paced at about the same rate as her life. Sam doesn't watch much of anything other than Barney and auto racing. The clock ticks...