Word: quieter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Before attending an event, be prepared to step into what feels like a Hollywood set. One minute you're in quiet Des Moines or even quieter Rock Rapids. The next minute, and with little effort, you're in a humble cafe, high school gym, community center or convention hall that is part of a major media event - with famous faces popping up in the crowd of ordinary Iowans. And not just famous politicians and television reporters either. Singer Paul Simon has opened for Chris Dodd; John Legend for Obama; and Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne for Edwards...
CORRECTION: The Nov. 13 news article "Peers Recall Quieter Mailer" misquoted Martin Lubin '43, a roommate of Norman K. Mailer '43. Lubin described Mailer as a "rebel without a pause," not a "rebel without a cause...
...DESIGN OF FUTURE THINGS, he turns to technology on the cusp of invention--smart homes, cars that drive themselves--and finds big problems brewing. Making machines ever quieter may seem wise, for instance, but then they lack audible cues to help people know something is happening. Faced with silence, we often grow frustrated and start over. Better to use natural and intuitive signals. Consider vibrations in a car seat instead of yet another blinking light on the dash to let you know you're drifting across lanes. It's technology that gets psychology...
...development second, and as a result the characters’ emotional shifts are at times confusingly erratic.Steinemann has the actors portray these transformations from casual chatting to nervous breakdown with mixed effects: Hecht does quite well with these extremes, especially as Myrna; as Jim, Havard is much stronger in quieter, more serious or desperate moments than at these points of excitement or panic...
...site touts the fact that “customers can still enjoy a meal and drink for under £10 [$20!] per head.” At Wagamama’s prices, hit up Spice, 9 Tastes, or Lê’s for a quieter, better seasoned noodle encounter. But Wagamama certainly puts the “fast” back in “fast food”: if you keep up with the waitress’s pace, order when she insists, scarf down your food, and pay immediately, you?...