Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lieutenant colonel also leads by quiet example. While many of the march participants had cause to chastise themselves for abandoning their families, Nelson is a single dad. When he and his wife divorced nine years ago, he secured custody of his two sons and two daughters. "I loved the children enough that I thought I was more emotionally and financially able to care for them than my ex-wife," he says. Today his three eldest children have homes of their own, and 13-year-old Morgan still lives with her father. Other Army families and friends have helped out during...
...worked with Leeson and Norris, as well as British authorities, are unconvinced. While prepared to concede gross incompetence on the part of senior Barings management, they find it difficult to believe Bax and Norris could have known about or suspected the magnitude of Leeson's swindle and remained quiet...
...presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. A decision is expected tomorrow on whether the Russians will go ahead with the summit, possibly with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin presiding if Yeltsin is unable to attend. In either case, the meeting will be largely symbolic. The move is designed to quiet Yeltsin's critics in the Russian parliament who say that Russia has been left out of peace negotiations...
...with the spending bills heading for Clinton's desk, the quiet is ending. After months of searching for issues that will cut their way, battered Democrats have awakened to the political advantage of forming a Praetorian Guard around Mother Earth. Though Clinton has been accused of being just pale green, especially after he retreated in 1993 from imposing new grazing fees on federal lands, the White House has got the message. Al Gore, a best-selling conservationist, two weeks ago denounced Republicans on the Hill for a "jihad against the environment'' that had allowed lobbyists from "the biggest polluters...
...Chris, in general, is not a vocal captain," Silva says. "He has a quiet demeanor and quiet confidence that help the team. He has a quiet coolness about him and nothing seems...