Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quiet place to entertain guests" is the social program's description of the Grays 1 Common Room. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 A.M. to 11 P.M., and weekends from 1 P.M. to 11 P.M. Magazines, newspapers, or a quiet game of cards or chess are available...
...Friendship. Then, in an even, quiet, almost confidential tone that rang with a New Hampshireman's twang, Adams began reading from a prepared statement. "I have tried, throughout my service in the Government of the United States, to treat everyone courteously and to perform any requests which have been made of me efficiently and in accordance with the rules which I believe pertain to my particular activity." His voice sharpened, and his wide-set blue eyes darted up and raked the faces of the seven subcommittee members: "Is there any member of this committee who has not made...
...Quiet Diplomacy. It might soon become that. In these straits there were five courses of action open, each one progressively more unattractive...
...joint press conference with New York's Republican Senator Irving Ives, labeled Mitchell's outburst "completely inaccurate and irresponsible." With war declared, other Republicans charged in. armed to the teeth with amendments. On the Senate floor, a bill that had seemed to be headed for a quiet passage ran into the noisiest partisan brawl of the session...
Perky of eye and light of foot was Yvonne de Gaulle, the seldom-photographed, never political wife of General Charles de Gaulle, off on a shopping tour from their Paris residence in the Hotel de Matignon. Quiet, self-effacing...