Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard's ivy-lined brick edifices and quaint landmarks often present a facade of tranquility. The tourists who flock to the Yard in droves probably assume that this campus is quiet and safe. However, most Harvard students are aware that their campus is not immune to violent crime. Over the past few months, a series of break-ins in Matthews Hall and an assault and attempted rape near Adams House have dramatized just how dangerous Harvard can be. Criminals are roaming the streets of Cambridge, and they see Harvard students as easy prey. There are many precautions that students...
This weekend was supposed to be a quiet getaway. But after the McDougals arrived and checked into their hotel for the night, they awoke the next morning to discover that a freak snowstorm had blown in overnight. Jim wanted to stay in, and in no time, Susan noticed, was scanning the real estate ads in the local paper. Suddenly he looked up with a gleam in his eye. "Look at this," he told Susan. "Twelve hundred acres in Marion County for less than $100 an acre." It struck him as an amazingly good deal. "Is there any land in America...
...controversy. But surprisingly, the rally managed to educate them in other ways. Passions ran high. A sort of synergistic fever that was greater than the sum of its parts had gripped each participant. I was personally surprised to see people, whom I know as being normally on the quiet side, start to wield their mastery of group dynamics and start chants...
...13th century cathedral village of 9,000 people 40 miles from Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth sent her condolences, and British Prime Minister John Major, now at a world summit on terrorism in Cairo, called the shootings "a mad and evil act", mirroring the reactions of parents and officials in the quiet Scottish town. The gunman, Thomas Hamilton was the 43-year-old administrator of a boys athletic club and was described as a gun enthusiast and a loner. A neighbor told the AP that Hamilton often took young boys on holiday to Loch Lomond.Liggett Group Breaks Ranks, Settles Suit
Following days of sharp volatility, stocks drifted lower today in a quiet day on Wall Street. Preliminary calculations show the Dow Jones industrial average fell 15.17 to 5,568.72. Volume was moderate at under 400 million shares traded. Broad market indexes were higher, with the Nasdaq composite lifted by technology stocks. The Nasdaq composite index rose 14.25 to 1,087.30. Stocks were helped a little by bonds, where the long bond was up 3-16 pointS, yielding 6.67 percent, recovering from a 1/2-point loss this morning. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index rose...