Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...short, poor Faulkner. The quiet man who rarely ventured from his estate in Oxford, Mississippi never considered that these lesser works might one day appear within one volume. If this book is ever reissued, hopefully it will be in hideable proportions
...that specializes in the techniques of putting heat to efficient use. Despite an efficient performance as Johnson's press secretary when he was in the Senate, Reedy was ruffled by the grueling pace of his White House duties and, after an operation last year, settled down in a quiet office in the East Wing where he worked on long-range studies for the President...
...when he bumped into an old acquaintance: U.S. Ambassador to Kenya William Attwood. Seizing the opportunity, Cowles offered Attwood a job as editorial director of Cowles publications. Attwood was hesitant about accepting; he had scored a distinct success in Kenya, as he had earlier in Guinea, by practicing a quiet, cheerful diplomacy, by never forcing his views on Africans and by always listening to theirs. He had even survived a bad bout of polio and returned to the job as zestful as ever...
While his brother was hot-tempered and widely feared, new President Aref is a quiet, moderate man who has-if such a thing is possible in Iraq-practically no personal enemies. And his views are more easygoing, too. He feels that an all-out war on the Kurds-which Uqaili was preparing to prosecute in a big spring drive-is an operation that cannot succeed. In one of his first statements, he held out the prospect of local rule for the Kurds, which is as close as any Iraqi chief has come to meeting their demands for autonomy...
...among its officers, was now named chief executive officer as well, making him the obvious heir to the throne of Chairman George H. Love, 65, who plans to retire at year's end. Unlike other shareholders' meetings, which were plagued by professional hecklers, Chrysler's was quiet. About the only nuisance motion made was one to establish a wax museum of autoindustry founders...