Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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McGuinness added that the Catholics remained "subservient" until the 1960s, and the British government took advantage of their "quiet" nature to manipulate them...
...Kennedy name already has a cloud over it, Hersh's book comes to market the same way. Before publication he had to remove what would have been its most titillating assertion--that the President signed a contract agreeing to pay Marilyn Monroe $600,000 in hush money to keep quiet about their alleged (but much, much rumored) affair. Hersh acted after document experts warned him that the "contract" showed signs of being a counterfeit manufactured years after both Monroe and Kennedy died...
...Just the language barrier itself in Japan creates a different atmosphere, but the crowds are always excited. They know your music and love to jump around. They're also really attentive and quiet. As soon as you start to say something, say anything, they're silent. Australia and England, on the other hand, have especially rowdy crowds...
...John Kenneth Galbraith quietly, discreetly engages us," Buckley said. "He has a quiet respect for his friends, a willingness to tell them what to think...
WASHINGTON: A lesson for those who think news flows freely out of the White House was Mike McCurry's quiet announcement Wednesday that FBI investigators had come calling on the President and the Vice President--the day before. For journalists, the stone wall is up. "None of us knows anything because they're not saying anything," says TIME White House correspondent Karen Tumulty. "The White House is referring everyone to the President's lawyer. And the President's lawyer isn't saying anything." Even seemingly innocuous details (like how long the sessions lasted) were under wraps as reporters were summarily...