Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President for All." The talk of trouble was merely talk. All remained quiet, and from the start, Chileans made clear their choice. Frei got an estimated 50% of the men's vote, 65% of the women's vote. Barely four hours after the polls closed, Allende was forced to concede defeat...
...been so quiet that I'm afraid to say anything," commented a Chicago school-board member, foreseeing that schools would open without racial clashes. Knock-on-wood optimism was the prevailing mood among local officials last week, as the first of 41.2 million American public-school children bustled into classrooms for the 1964-65 term. Having obstreperously demanded more integration and better schools in boycotts and demonstrations over the past year, responsible Negroes are now mostly satisfied with quiet but significant improvements all over the country-and they do not want to stir up more white resentment before...
Admittedly, the speeches and commentary from Atlantic City often sounded like a rererun of something called What Next from Planet Lyndon? But Fred Friendly, president of CBS News, had a quiet alibi. "Conventions," he said, "were designed for the William Jennings Bryan day. Some day, somebody is going to have to sit down and streamline them...
...pulse beat: "Cuatro más! Cuatro más! -Four more! Four more!" On the banner-draped platform in Mayagüez one day last week, the top leaders of Puerto Rico's Popular Democratic Party watched tensely as the bearlike man at the microphone motioned for quiet. Then came the news: "I want to return to what created the Popular Democratic Party 25 years ago, to what liberated the energy that constructed the Puerto Rico of today. I want to return to the school, to the farmyard, to the hearts of the people so that all together...
...page complaint that may rouse debate across the U.S. "Telephone solicitors assault our homes, invade our privacy and insult our intelligence," says McDaniel, 24. "They interrupt us and waste our time. They force legions from the phone book. And their ranks multiply. For home dwellers who want peace and quiet, something must be done...