Word: quieter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Already, say residents, some gang members have gone looking for quieter havens. But one 16-year-old at Cabrini-Green is not hopeful. Says the girl: "They're going to stop shooting until the mayor moves out. Then they're going to start shooting again...
...foremost, we must continue to be deeply concerned about abuses to human rights wherever they occur; but, there are such questions as whether amelioration of those abuses is best achieved under the glare of public criticism and animosity and confrontation, or whether it is best achieved in a quieter dialogue between states with a healthy relationship...
REED BRINGS an air of confident, but never smug, sophistication to her numbers. However, the highly emotional style that succeeds with songs such as "Send in the Clowns," becomes familiar by the end of the evening, and is obviously unsuited to softer numbers. Kean's quieter voice and more focused performing style provides a contrast to Reed's occasionally overpowering delivery...
...wife Wilma, who charged that he had forced her to attend sessions with Barkouras in an effort to "destroy her personal identity." Next, Marga divorced Barkouras on grounds of incompatibility. Her lawyer, George Miskovsky, referred to Barkouras in court as "a big, strong stud lay analyst." Finally, in a quieter proceeding, Kay Delaporte, a patient of Barkouras' and a teacher at his school, sued her husband Chris, an administrator in the U.S. Interior Department, for divorce, charging that he was a homosexual. He complained that Barkouras was behind the action...
...result is that the isolated hardship post, once considered an adventure or a reputation-making opportunity, is more often shunned in favor of the quieter, more civilized capital. The International Communication Agency (the revamped U.S. Information Agency) recently had job openings in both Buenos Aires and Vancouver. Not so many years ago, the Argentine post would have been considered a plum, the Canadian one a backwater bore. This time around, however, there were several dozen applicants for Vancouver and none for Buenos Aires. The reasons: Vancouver is safe and relatively cheap; Buenos Aires has sporadic political violence and triple-digit...