Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...military - after all, they remain potential long-term adversaries in a variety of scenarios. Tit-for-tat arrests and expulsions, however, are the melodramatics of a past era. These days U.S. and Russian intelligence services actually work closely together on issues such as terrorism and money laundering, and a quiet word or a discreet expulsion might have sufficed if, indeed, there was espionage under way. But that would be to miss a domestic political opportunity. "The atmosphere in Russian politics is increasingly anti-Western," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "And you can generate political capital by saying ?Washington...
...case you've forgotten, reading period is a time for work. If you feel it's the most relaxed time at college, congratulations and keep it quiet; they might revoke...
...professors who have canceled classes, so that the holiday's eve is a quiet night at home instead of a harrowing ordeal on a crowded bus, train or plane, thank...
...quiet moment of remembrance of those less fortunate than ourselves, of those who cannot afford such a luxurious feast and others who must settle for canned turkey from a soup kitchen...
...quiet strolls at night, crunching through leaves under a clear autumn sky and gazing into Orion's starry belt. To solitary idleness that prompts somber reflection...