Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...continent. It sounds like a dream assignment, but it did have some problems. Photographer Joern Gerdts, who lives in one of the most famed resorts of them all-Aspen-was, of course, assigned to cover that haven. But Aspen, for all its glory, was still in the cool, quiet "melting season." So Gerdts, feeling slightly subversive, slipped away to Colorado Springs, where he caught the guests at the Broadmoor in poolside relaxation...
...1880s, the Vanderbilts, Astors and Oelrichses, with gold-plated silverware and shiploads of newly immigrated servants, invaded the quiet Rhode Island village of Newport, threw up enormous 50-room houses that rivaled European chateaux in size if not in taste. As more nouveaux riches arrived, Bailey's Beach became the playground for the new millionaires, private docks gave shelter to large yachts during the summer, and ladies sipped champagne under parasols while watching their white-flanneled husbands play tennis on grass courts...
...actually, he had a 3.4 grade point average and graduated with honors. Perhaps you would be interested in the complete statement on his college application form: "Although engineering appeals to me very much, I would rather be an explorer and novelist. The excitement of exploring and the peace and quiet of writing seem like the perfect combination." Major McDivitt has already had his exploration; perhaps the writing will come later...
...most subtle and persistent nemesis of Charles de Gaulle's narrow, nationalist design for a Europe des patries are the Eurocrats-the quiet men in Brussels dedicated to creating a truly supranational political Europe atop the already thriving economic union of the Common Market Six. Ever since De Gaulle vetoed British entry into the Common Market in 1963, the Eurocrats have patiently worked to yoke French economic demands to the larger purposes of Europe, and more often than not have succeeded. Last week, as the ministers of the Six assembled in Brussels, E.E.C. President Walter Hallstein and his technicians...
...million invested so far, with $28 million more projected for new high schools. Protestant and Jewish leaders respect him as an ecumenical friend; he helped organize New Orleans' "Operation Understanding," in which city churches are opened for tours by men of other faiths. Cody has been a quiet but effective witness for civil rights-the biggest social problem he will face in Chicago. Three weeks ago he visited the widow of murdered Negro Deputy Sheriff O'Neal Moore in Bogalusa, described him as "a martyr to the cause of racial equality...