Word: quieter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country. The Communists overran six district capitals, three in the highland region, two in Military Region I and one in Military Region III, before zeroing in on their primary target: Ban Me Thuot, a sleepy Montagnard city of 80,000 and the capital of Darlac province, where in a quieter era the Emperor Bao Dai used to hunt for tiger...
Most of the rooms in the rambling, comfortably worth old houses are singles, although the newest residents share large doubles. Narrow staircases lead to art-gallery corridors where a nameless artist has adorned the walls with large-as-life figures. The quieter house at 1705 has no common rooms, and the constantly peopled first floor of "3 Sac" is the co-op's center...
...someone who, as Stefani says, needs to "get educated" to the way labor management relations are usually conducted here Holcombe's aggressive, stream-of-grievances. Harvard-as-enemy style of shop stewardship is new to the University, and although Balsam seems to share Holcombe's attitudes he has been quieter and avoided disciplinary trouble...
...time showing Alfredo's head in a sack, being rudely bumped on the front seat of Bennie's car and swarming with dozens of interested flies. The movie has its fair share of action and a good deal of bloodletting, but gets ragged and desultory in the quieter portions...
Engineers point out that a Stirling engine would be quieter than an equivalent internal combustion engine, would emit less noxious fumes, and would use fuel more economically. Lacking any need for valves or cams, it would also have fewer parts. Jack Collins, manager of Ford's alternative-engines program, concedes that the Stirling is still a long way from being ready for passenger car use; for one thing, an adequate burner has not yet been developed...