Word: quieted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...powerful electric generator ; the latter in turn drives four electric motors. Thus, although the locomotive uses electric power to pull its loads, it needs no third rail or overhead wire, but contains its own powerhouse. There is no smoke raised by its operations, and a muffler renders them relatively quiet. Like an automobile, it is necessary to operate the engine only when the locomotive is in use; at other times fuel is saved...
...manner he is quiet and capable. He has a strong chin, graying red hair. In constitution, and hence disposition, he is inclined to be dyspeptic. But, overcoming physical difficulties, he has a way of applying himself to the business in hand and bringing forth a thoroughly sound and common sense conclusion. The late Senator Ollie James of Kentucky once compared him to a snapping turtle. "He looks harmless, but just prod him once and see how quick he'll bite...
...Pugilist Carpentier: "At Michigan City, Ind., I discovered that two ringside tickets for the Carpentier-Gibbons fight (see Page 27) had been stolen from my pocket. Reports said that 'the excitable little Frenchman . . . went off in a tantrum,' that Frank Parker, fight promoter, escorted me to a quiet corner, learned of the disaster, restored quiet by offering two of his own ringside seats...
LAST ESSAYS OF MAURICE HEWLETT ?Scribner ($2.50). That rare combination of quiet humor and penetrating wisdom which was Hewlett in his earlier years, grew with the man into a rich, mellowed roundness, here shown at its smooth and polished best. The quiet of the little Wiltshire village where he spent his latter days seems to have crept into his writing, giving it a leisured charm which recalls the 18th Century essayists. Yet withal, he can cock an interested and appreciative eye at the doings of quite alien spirits, and can write with gusto about the Cardinal de Retz, that...
...into the limelight. "We are not among those who say upon all occasions: 'Keep silent and obey;' but we do believe that discussions at the present time are most in opportune." Eventually Benito came hurrying home to slap the hands of the naughty and insist upon discipline, quiet and obedience within the Fascista Party. Deputy Rocca, close friend of Benito and one of the 52 founders of the Party in 1919, dared to answer Benito back. Benito expelled him from the party, stating that his attacks upon Signor de Stefani could only be termed "libelous manifestations of political...