Word: quieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quiet night. Bell decides to go downstairs to play Continuum on the Science Center computers. He takes a beeper with him. The phone sits quietly on the floor under the harsh light of a flickering flourescent...
...Time to clean up. Ford logs out--presumably without much to say after this unusually quiet night--and locks everything back up in the filing cabinet as the other volunteers put the room in order. The light in Room 112 goes out for the night...
...military commander there in 1971. It took me two months to decide what to do, to learn every street, every house, every citrus grove like I know the palm of my hand. I moved to Gaza and worked night and day for seven months to make it completely quiet. It stayed that way for 15 years. How did I do it? By making a very clear distinction between the terrorists acting against us or supporters of terror and the other people who did not participate, even if they hated us. The terrorists were eliminated! All their supporters were...
With the notable exception of the John Tower fracas, Bush has muted public controversy. He cut a deal with Congress to quiet the poisonous contra-aid issue. He tiptoed out of the Eastern Air Lines strike early and into the Alaskan oil spill belatedly. Twice in the past few days he has mentioned his admiration of the leadership style of Dwight Eisenhower, best known for his ability to reconcile contentious and talented people. "No room for grudges in this business," Bush told one meeting of young staff members...
Ubert was replaced by the freshman Forman, who managed to keep the Crusader bats quiet until the ninth inning...