Word: quieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pity the fool--or in this case, the college basketball team--who fell for this veneer of insecurity, who thought that this was just another quiet town like McBee...
Although most people go to Lamont this time of year to work in quiet, noise from construction on the roof has turned the library into a less than ideal study environment since the first week of reading period...
...good example of the report's weakness comes from its most galling passage, in which three professors are attacked who had the courage to publicly call for Safran to step down from his post. Did Spence seriously expect scholars deeply involved in this mess to keep quiet while he dragged his heels on the issue...
...that Christmas is merely another day in Sunset Park, but in a way it is. It is necessary for us to remember that there is the day after Christmas too. Helping families to give toys is gratifying, but quite momentary. For me Christmas is special because it is a quiet day at the center, and it allows me time to meditate and replenish myself...
...outward appearances, he was a successful meat salesman and a quiet, grandfatherly type. Paul Castellano, head of the Gambino crime family and reputed kingpin of organized crime in America, wanted it that way: he was determined to change the image of the Mafia from violent crime syndicate to respectable family business. "We are in a new era," he once told his fellow mob chiefs. "Legitimacy, not muscle, is what we should project...