Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Beta Kappa score receives the Sophia Freund Prize of $600 without a bit of extra effort. The Harvard Engineering School Chapter of Tau Beta Pi gives $25 to the most promising engineer. If a boy lives in Lowell House, develops a strong character, and maintains a sense of quiet decency, he may be rewarded by the Korean War Memorial Prize...
...coalition Cabinet in 1963 took 70 days of agonized negotiation in jealously pluralistic little Holland, and the Dutch, who are used to long periods of nongovernment when a principle is at stake, were settling down before their TV screens at week's end for a long and quiet crisis...
...with such large sources of electricity as coal-burning power stations, but they are candidates for smaller jobs in which convenience and efficiency are important. They may soon find a use in space, contributing valuable water as a byproduct along with their electricity. On earth they may provide cheap, quiet electricity for homes, weather stations or microwave repeaters beyond the reach of commercial power lines...
...Lent of 40 days is the final word for our age," he said in an Ash Wednesday sermon. "The Lenten diet is now possible only in exclusively religious establishments. The lengthy services with their glorious lessons have become unrealistic for men and women catching commuters' trains. The quiet pace of a 17th century Lent is impossible for people living in 20th century New York. I would gladly see Lent shortened to two weeks, Passion Week and Holy Week-so that people could take on something they really had a chance of seeing through...
...gymnasium was strangely quiet during the fights because they were being held under intercollegiate rules which prohibit cheering or jeering while the contestants are boxing