Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Singapore, March 10--Passengers arriving from Bangkok by air with the first direct news of the Siamese capital since the abdication of King Prajadhipok described the situation as "quiet--too quiet for safety...
...grace of his expression, for the vigor and regularity with which he dissented from the opinions of a conservative majority. Leaving his Capitol office one day in 1932, aged 90, he said to his assistants, "I won't be in tomorrow." Thus, simply, he withdrew to the quiet of his old-fashioned red brick house on Washington's I Street...
...buildings is no longer Catholic. Because it was long ago appropriated by Protestants, the Catholics had to build their own, which was not opened for worship until 1873, not consecrated until 1904. Even in 1915, when Joseph MacRory became Bishop of Down and Connor, there still were what quiet-loving Irishmen called "The Troubles"-stirred up by the Black and Tans...
...uneducated and scarcely lettered, Chapayev was thought to need direction by the high Soviet command. Thus, Commissar Furmanov is detailed to consolidate the army's gains for the Bolsheviks. Making fine use of the delightful Russian sense of humor, the director has told much in the clashes between the quiet Furmanov and the fiery, jealous, and naively conceited Chapayev. But in contrast to his simple peasant mind is Chapayev's ability as a military strategist, of which we have just a glimpse as he tersely explains a military problem with the help of a few potatoes, cigarettes, and a pipe...
...grand age by attempting to seat L'Aiglon, the young son of Napoleon, on the throne of his father. Although they fail in the attempt, their remarkable loyalty and indomitable courage is faithfully reproduced in this picture. Perhaps a bit remanticized in treatment, it nevertheless has captured the quiet heroism of these men as they succumb to the firing squad in the brilliant uniforms of the Graude Armee...