Word: quieter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...East Africa, for that matter-is Nairobi, (about $1,000, jet economy class from New York). The New Stanley Hotel is in the center of the city, has 200 rooms all with private bath (11 and up for a double, with breakfast); half a mile away is the older, quieter Norfolk, from whose veranda the early settlers used to pot marauding lions ($10 double). Whether at the Norfolk or the New Stanley, in a tented camp or an inn, guests are awakened each morning at 6:30 by the inescapable old British Empire custom: tea, delivered whether it is wanted...
...about weightlessness by flying in high-speed airplanes as they curved over the top half of an outside loop. He rode in a MASTIF (Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility), a training device that tumbles on three axes, and learned how to bring it to an even keel. In quieter moments he studied astronautics, aviation biology, astronomy, meteorology and astrophysics. Always, he kept in top physical shape...
...memo became public, New Frontiersman Klotz heatedly criticized Battle Line for reprinting it. "The Republicans," he said, "must have damn little to write about." Beyond that, he was unfazed: "Sometimes a little emphasis to accentuate the positive is helpful. I feel very happy." As for the Administration, in quieter times it might have been squirmingly embarrassed. But the way bigger news was breaking, the White House paused only for a brief tch-tch at The Klotz Botch. "Herbie's plenty gung ho," shrugged one Presidential aide, "but in the wrong direction." Said White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger dryly...
Miss Otis favored a more active organization, one which would devote a greater effort to following up student ideas. In addition, SGA should deal with problems before they become acute. "We should handle the quieter needs that people won't make a stink about," she said...
Medicine & Mushrooms. The prince soon demonstrated the qualities that make Laotians the despair of Western diplomats. A plump sybarite who in quieter times is fond of repairing to the French Riviera, Boun Oum announced no ringing program. Instead, he flew south most nights to sleep in his quiet and safe former headquarters, Savannakhet. At lunch, his favorite companions turned out to be not candidates for the cabinet but girls from the Vientiane dance halls...