Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...powerful than the rebels' wands: they soon reeled away. By early morning, the city seemed to have fallen, but Hoyt was not sure if the Stanleyville airport had fallen with it. "Report from control tower says 'fighting' at airport," he flashed Leopoldville. "Air Congo reports all quiet...
...that could be heard in Colombia's Congress was the jeers of the opposition. Pleadingly, the nation's President, Guillermo León Valencia, 55, raised his hands for quiet. "Liar!" howled the opposition. "Assassin!" As TV cameras flashed the scene to fascinated viewers, Valencia fought to be heard. "There are slaves," he shouted into the din, "who despite their freedom hold a nostalgia for chains...
Harmon Clayton Killebrew, 28, is 6 ft. tall, weighs a meaty 213 lbs., and keeps very quiet about the whole thing. He won the American League home-run crown with 48 in 1962, did it again last year with 45. But that was nothing. The righthanded slugger already has 39 this summer, is swinging at a pace that could set a new major league record...
Killebrew is so quiet that sportswriters have given up trying to jazz up his image with nicknames like "Killer" or "Hammering Harm." His private life is equally taciturn. At its most dramatic, it would include such events as the day he moved his wife and two children from their home in Payette across the border to Ontario, Ore. The towns are six miles apart...
...Frustrations. But Dark is also a bitter loser, who cannot abide-and cannot keep quiet about-bad base running, missed signals and halfway efforts. This year, with a team that might well have run away from the league, his frustrations have boiled over. He has clashed openly with several players-particularly Puerto Rican First Baseman Orlando Cepeda, who runs the bases as if he were treading molasses, and Negro Leftfielder Willie McCovey, who is hitting barely over .200 when Dark figures he should be batting...