Word: quieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Tisch last year denied that he wanted to run CBS, he has kept his current plans quiet. Most broadcast observers do not expect him to make any sudden moves. But Tisch is not the sort of executive to sit idly by as CBS flounders. "Historically, when he makes a commitment, he wants to make his commitment work out," says John Reidy, media analyst for Drexel Burnham Lambert. "He wants to get a return on his investment...
...officer and has been rather a help with psychopaths and with case histories, especially of children in care." She disclaims firsthand acquaintance with crimes and sounds positively appalled when discussing readers who write in with suggestions they have concocted: "I am always hearing from little old ladies living in quiet places with their even older mothers who say they have a plot they want me to do. It's usually cannibalism or something unspeakable to do with children. Why do I write about such things? Not because I am working out any impulses. My work and my daily life...
...board and off, the good-natured interchange persisted. Take a Soviet by the arm, bring him or her to a quiet corner and ask whatever burning question comes to mind. No problem. Have a drink together, or dinner; go on deck in the evening and talk about literature or politics, as the light fades and the densely wooded banks of the river grow dark and eerie. One night, somewhere between Prairie du Chien, Wis., and Dubuque, Iowa, Dmitri Agrachev, the cruise's official Soviet interpreter, was playing Scrabble, in English, with three Americans. "It's not a very nice word...
Gang violence has ebbed in Jackson since Charles Triplett was killed, but the calm may prove short-lived. "It will stay quiet until somebody else messes up," said "Cheeseburger," an 18-year-old member of a gang called the Folks. "You know, school starts back. Somebody will bring up Chuck (Triplett), and it's gonna start up." Charles Robinson, director of the Jackson Urban League, first warned city officials about the gang situation more than two years ago, hoping it could be dealt with early. "Right now, they're fighting for turf," he explained. "Once that's settled, they...
State Department officials said the Swiss government, which represents U.S. interests in Iran, had been denied the right to meet with Pattis. In Aiken, S.C., the engineer's sister Ellen described him as a "very quiet, private" person who would never be involved in spying. Pattis is one of an estimated 2,000 Americans living in Iran...