Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Canon Herbert Waddams of Canterbury Cathedral, he had occasion to receive a young man seeking admission to the seminary. Outside, the clock struck 2:45. Silence reigned: awed youth, shy priest. Presently the clock struck 3. At last Ramsey spoke. "I think you'll find Lincoln a rather quiet place," he said...
...betrayed friend), Rumbelow is Tucson, Ariz. He is stranded there by chance, beaned by a hitchhiker who represents Evil the way Molotov used to represent Russia. Dan is led from what Baker calls the excremental view of life to the sacramental view by the healing Arizona sun, long quiet talks and the love of a good woman. A fair example of the long quiet talks follows. Dan is yaketing about Evil: " 'It opens up under us like earthquake cracks in the ground. Like toads out of the drains. It stinks to Hell...
...quiet leaves of autumn rustle about the heart...
...engineering . . ." Besides the standard rock 'n' roll, folk music, show albums and symphonies, Diamond offers complete foreign language courses on tape. "People can learn a language as they drive along," says Company President Don Gilmore. Other Diamond specialties include children's stories "to keep the kid quiet during trips," go-getting lectures for traveling salesmen, and "mood music" to be played in funeral limousines...
...these weren't available, on the floor. The odor of rank whiskey permeated the place. The faces were hard and mean, with thin, sharp noses, suspicious, light-colored eyes, leathery red necks. Above, in the balcony reserved for Negroes, commonly called the "buzard's roost," it was quiet, except for the occasional crying of a baby. Located on the second floor of the grotesque courthouse, which is made of red Geogia clay, the courtroom was large but the air hung still. Around the walls and the ceiling the paint had long since peeled, leaving brown gashes. The judge...