Word: quieted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this year the cheering in the Union has been unconvincing. One hesitates to fix the blame for this state of affairs, but the fact remains that last Saturday afternoon the Living Room was so quiet that a pin could be hear to drop, and this on the day of the last game in Cambridge. But from the very decadence of a past may spring the fertilization of new growth; let every man bear these words in mind when he takes his place among those who nourish fond hopes with absent treatment. And as the ball goes tearing down the grid...
...University when Herbert Hoover was an undergraduate. Kansas-raised (Emporia), he had studied at Cornell, Leipzig, Paris. He had the scientific method that Hoover valued and was developing. While Hoover engineered in far parts, Scientist Kellogg stayed at Stanford, collaborating with Dr. David Starr Jordan, teaching classes, gaining a quiet renown. There were Hoover-Kellogg reunions whenever the wandering engineer returned to Palo Alto. In 1915 the engineer sent a call to Palo Alto and the quiet scientist went to Belgium to be a willing Hoover man for six years. Dr. Kellogg is not likely to be called over...
...matter does not have to be decided until well along in February. By that time, perhaps the Republican Senators will remember, through renewed daily contact, the industry and ability of the tall, rugged, quiet Senator who sits just in front of Leader Curtis and is his Whip, Washington's Wesley L. Jones, expert on shipping and tending up to business. While a Moses smart-cracks and a Watson frowns or booms into space, while a Borah watches from on high and a Reed haggles and a Fess fusses, Senator Jones keeps his eyes upon and his nose...
Cagle caught the kick-off and ran 60 yards; he carried the ball through the line for 15. It moved to the 20-yard line; to the five-yard line; to the one-foot line. Then from the sidelines of the dark quiet field the timekeeper blew his whistle...
...become market leaders when coppers and oils yield. Friday's turnover: 4,999,140 shares. . . . Three days: 14,931,140. Weary brokers long for Saturday noon. At length, it comes. Montgomery Ward passes the 400 mark ... a new half-day record with 3,260,000 shares. . . . Sunday is quiet all right; the exchange is closed. . . " Monday is a record for all time; 5,917,000 shares change hands; the general trend is upward; Radio jumps 25 points...