Word: quietly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...BIRTH of the Kennedy Institute of Politics has not been a quiet one. Right from the beginning the Institute has been under fire for its controversial Honorary Associates program which brought both McNamara and Goldberg to the Ivory Tower. Since then Henry Fairlie, British freelancer, has labeled the Institute a "recruiting college" for future Kennedy advisors...
Groves and the other officers, incidentally, were not "witty" in the sense that past officers have been: they knew of the relationship but had not signed a security oath. They had found out unofficially, which may have put them under less pressure than past officers to keep quiet...
...methods necessarily practiced by intelligence agencies against the emotionalism of young Americans who worship honesty. It aroused the outrage of many in the academic community who-mistakenly-regard CIA as an evil manipulator of foreign policy. And the furor showed again how readily Americans, who, while seldom acknowledging the quiet and generally successful performance of their intelligence community, will howl their indignation at the first hint of misjudgment...
...strain of virtuosos who play beautiful music but in few other ways resemble the traditional concert soloist. He is totally indifferent to audiences, abhors the personality cult, is convinced that performers get in the way of the music, and that the only way to play is in the quiet privacy of the recording studio, where perfection is the only reality. "Listening to music," he says, "should be the most intimate and personal experience. The mass excitement generated in the circus atmosphere of today's concert halls is superficial at best, based on something that is not really essential...
Funny though the show is, it grates in spots. The best moments are hectic. The production lacks the quiet grace which is necessary to add a little beauty and rhythm to the show...