Word: quieted
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...Rudenstine, in contrast, was generally quiet on the national front, shying away from the media and what many believed was his duty as the president of one of the foremost institutions of higher education...
...what happened to the U.S. last week at the United Nations, although the humiliation was hardly as sharp and the result may turn out to be quite the opposite from the one intended by those who engineered the slap-down. That, of course, would be the Europeans, whose quiet withdrawal of their traditional support for Washington facilitated a victory for China and Cuba?s campaign to keep the U.S. off the commission...
Boeing's taunts obscure the quiet transformation of Airbus from a sort of pan-European employment agency to a savvier, profit-driven company. The 30-year-old manufacturer was the first to introduce a sophisticated fly-by-wire system (where the pilot's actions send electronic signals, rather than pulling cables, to maneuver the plane) and adopt virtually uniform cockpits for its entire fleet (thereby lowering the cost of pilot training). And Airbus often sells its jets for less than comparable Boeing models. "I'm a red-blooded American, and I want to see our side succeed," says David Neeleman...
...consumers depends on social conditions. For Americans, the gateway (no pun intended) to a connected world is the personal computer. PCs make sense for Americans, with their big houses. It's easy to hide that unlovely box of tricks somewhere out of sight--and use it in peace and quiet. But many Europeans and Japanese live in cramped apartments. For them, a PC not only overwhelms the living room, it also offers no privacy. Mobile phones, by contrast, are unobtrusive, as well as being a liberating way (especially for teenagers) to connect with friends outside the family home. I once...
...Nuclear Power Plant, but he's got your PC figured out. The animatronic Homer from Playmates Toys ($50) responds to whatever you're doing with the appropriate bons mots: "D'oh!" for spelling errors, "Whoo-hoo!" for new e-mail. He plugs into the USB port, and you can quiet him down if necessary--handy when Mr. Burns is lurking down the hall...