Word: quieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Midgetman and MX missles in his speeches, it would be somewhat awkward for him to explain why "his" Administration dumped the Midgetman in Congress as "too expensive," or why it scrapped Carter's plans to deploy the MX in the Southwest without offering an alternative, giving it a quiet death...
Yesterday morning, slum dwellers killed and burned the body of one man and cheered when a soldier shot and killed another man suspected of participating in the massacre. By midday, the city was quiet, but the airport was closed...
...boyfriends, they liven their evenings with goose-feather pillow fights and what Head Coach Adrian Goreac cheerfully calls "talk, talk, talk." They are avid readers of adventure books. Dobre, a mischief-maker who collects dolls, favors fictional heroes who "fight all obstacles to reach their aims." Silivas, a quiet and intelligent girl, prefers a stately knight who "is always winning, courageous and good mannered." When they look ahead to Seoul, the rivalry glistens through their mutual affection. "As I wanted to be like Nadia when I started, I want other girls to want to be like Aurelia," says Dobre. From...
...learning that democracy cuts both ways. Opposition parties forced a bill through the Assembly in July giving the legislature wide investigative powers, including the right to order the arrest of reluctant witnesses. Roh vetoed the proposal. Consultations produced a compromise acceptable to both government and opposition. The event was quiet but historic, emblematic of the changes of the past year. "It is a good sign for democracy," says Kim Dae Jung. "We got together and compromised...
...quiet, unassuming man, at once set out to establish a modest administrative style, one quite different from the stern, autocratic ways of Chun, who favored elevated, thronelike chairs and sat at a separate desk when meeting with his Cabinet. Roh introduced round tables, which he shares with colleagues and visitors. In his campaign, Roh had insisted that despite his background as a soldier, he was, at heart, "an ordinary...