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Word: quietly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard, however, had left Colgate enough time on the clock for Vena, who had been relatively quiet throughout the game and threw three interceptions, to lead the game-winning drive...

Author: By Andrew P. Chung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football Rally Falls Short | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...Ernestine, in 1969, the attraction sprang in part from the fact that she didn't care what he did for a living. They were wed in a Palm Beach ceremony that all but one of his teammates learned about in the newspaper. "If you want to keep something quiet," he explains, "you keep it quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Being Bradley | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...being celebrated with a weeklong holiday, but China has Deng to thank for turning it into an economic powerhouse. Following the disastrous famine that accompanied Mao's "Great Leap Forward" attempt to force the pace of industrialization in the '50s and the fratricidal mayhem of the Cultural Revolution, Deng quietly laid Mao's legacy to rest following the Great Leader's death in 1976. Deng's "long march" was down the road to capitalism. And with 20 years of an astonishing average annual growth rate of close to 10 percent - over the last decade alone, China's GDP has increased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At 50, China Cheers a Communism Mao Might Not Recognize | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

Happening upon a quiet town, Vann quickly befriends masochistic Doug (Brian Cox) and his wife, Jane (Mercedes Ruehl), who allow him to rent the room of their missing daughter. It doesn't take long for the tender-faced psychotic to become like a son to the unhappy couple or for him to get a job or a girlfriend (Janeane Garofalo). There are a few touching or darkly humorous scenes in Vann's quest to be the quintessential son, employee and sweetheart. But alas, they are lost among an irritating and unnecessary interrogation that takes place between our hero...

Author: By Nate P. Gray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Confusion, Not Conversation Follows | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...ride the green line for a Zen experience. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has a Zen rock garden (465 Huntington Ave., Boston; 267-9300), a perfectly serene spot to clear your mind. Better than the backyard of your favorite Beni-hana, this elegant Zen rock garden encourages quiet rumination without acid-reflux. Get there soon because the garden in only opened seasonally...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Spiritual | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

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