Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...UMass schools moved to ban it. Deans Archie C. Epps III and Harry R. Lewis '68 released a statement about it. And two poor Harvard first-years were arrested for buying it. But sources of power and authority in the lives of Harvard students have, thankfully, been relatively quiet on the subject of alcohol as of late...
Sandwich is Cape Cod's oldest town and has more charm than its gastronomical name implies. Seventeenth and 18th century houses, as well as an array of antique shops, line the quiet street. Visit the Sandwich Glass Museum and discover examples of Sandwich's trademark craft. Heritage Plantation provides an interesting collection of mini-museums and gardens, and the Sandwich Boardwalk promises a beautiful walk along the sandy dunes. If you're feeling lazy, Old King's Highway (Route 6a) provides a scenic drive through some of the best-preserved New England towns, including Chatham and Yarmouth. Use Sandwich...
...scene is a quiet hotel room in midtown Manhattan on a sunny day in February. Two Chinese nationals are concluding a business deal in rapid-fire Mandarin. But this is no ordinary transaction. The men are discussing a straightforward proposition to sell the kidneys, corneas, livers and lungs of executed Chinese prisoners for tens of thousands of dollars. Unbeknown to one of the would-be organ brokers, however, his U.S.-based contact is Harry Wu, the human-rights activist who spent 19 years in Chinese jails and who has just secretly captured their entire exchange on videotape...
Although Daisy's is often packed (especially now that their very popular kitchen has opened its doors for the season), the best time to enjoy the atmosphere is a quiet afternoon, when the bartenders are in the mood to talk and no one really minds a customer nursing his drink a while. However, most Harvard students would probably rather drown their sorrows at a free kegger than spend upwards of $30 for the privilege of being too drunk to find the T-stop...
...excuse for joining the dots between Whitewater and Lewinsky -- on the grounds that Jordan was allegedly helping Clinton cover up the Lewinsky affair just as he had obtained Webb Hubbell's silence over Whitewater. If Jordan offers the slightest hint of a concerted effort to keep the former intern quiet, all well and good for Starr. If he sticks to the line given in his first public statement, the grand jury probe becomes more of an uphill struggle...