Word: quieter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Africans in 1976 or of some Arab states in 1956 in response to the crisis over Suez. As for this year of Soviet revenge, not only are more nations than ever sending delegations, but people are saying that the Games may be better off without an East-West brawl. Quieter countries will get a chance to strut...
...which includes from 15 to 25 people on a given day, splits up and starts the nitty-gritty; three days the group will stay until about 10:30 discussing a specific topic, such as a company's stock to be bought or sold. Most of the staff, though, enjoys quieter days: researching, meeting with visiting representatives of companies, and occasionally visiting the trading pit to follow the progress of a buying or selling program. While everyone at HMC juggles several projects at once, Cabot says, "everything we do leads up to some kind of decision. Everything is goal-or decision...
Many of the former protestors feel there is a continuity between their campus activism on their activity later in life. On campus, the tactics were confrontational and emotional: later in life, the tactics are quieter, more subdued, and no longer have that "all or nothing" quality...
Reagan has grown quieter in public about the Soviet problem, but privately he is unchanged. He wants to improve relations, but on his terms. He is more or less resigned to little or no progress this election year. "But he has not got mad and said, 'To hell with it,' " claims one adviser...
...past few years, he has made the scale his major tool in documenting behavioral variations among newborns from different cultures. He has found, for example, that Kenyan babies are remarkably playful and well-coordinated, and Mayan infants are quieter and more alert. He saw very serene babies in China during a visit last fall...