Word: quieter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...With quieter eloquence but no less feeling than Senator George Graham Vest displayed in his famed "Tribute to a Dog," Mrs. Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, rich and gracious wife of Remington Arms Co.'s board chairman, declared last week on receiving the Chappel Foundation Plaque for signal devotion to dogdom...
Alone with a microphone, after all the crowds, the shouts, the flaring lights, Alf Landon spoke in a voice surprisingly calm and deep. It grew ever quieter, slower, more halting as he reached the close of his election eve broadcast, last speech of his campaign. "Our healing . . . will be revealed by the still small voice-that speaks to the conscience-and the heart -prompting us to a wider-and wiser- humanity." On came the voice of the announcer, reverent and tender, as if speaking the epilog of a sad and stirring drama: "And so, quiet falls over the study...
Lighting it with a cigar or cigaret is easier and quieter...
...friend Caro had a quieter career, learned more from his experiences, lived to keep going the battle that Mudarra lost. Caro loved sad-faced gentle Lucia with quiet constancy, was mocked by his friend for his simplicity in "chewing iron," which was the colloquial term for carrying on a courtship by talking through the iron bars of a sweetheart's window. Mudarra recognized no such restraints. He swept Lucia off her feet, then confessed his betrayal to Caro. The two men fought with knives, found that they did not have the heart to kill each other. Later Lucia bore...
...close-knit organization like the parent company in Louisiana. For Huey Long has, practically speaking, no personal friends in official Washington. He used to go out sometimes with Senator Wheeler until Senator Wheeler decided he had better keep to quieter company. Although he is on speaking terms with every Senator, there are few members who relish talking to him. He has openly threatened to campaign in the next election against Senators Robinson, Harrison and Bailey. As a whole the Senate dislikes and fears...