Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quiet and quite personable," he added."She didn't show any sign of hostility ortensions...
...past, the Serbs have been adept at backing off just enough from provocations to allow the situation to quiet down; and it is possible they might conclude that their increasingly brazen violations are exhausting the patience even of some of their friends. Notably, Russian President Boris Yeltsin expressed pro forma opposition to the air strikes but added that his government had warned the Serbs that they must stop violating agreements with the U.N. "They did not do this, so they got it," said Yeltsin...
...more than 15 years. We neither fear them, nor want them to go away. When they work, they help organize our thoughts and simplify our lives. When they don't, we want to rap them smartly on their sides. Repeatedly. Until the nurse comes and leads us to a quiet room...
...view, happy movie locations are, in the famous formulation, like happy families -- all alike. That is to say, they are at once quiet and good humored, energetic and efficient. And that spirit stems from the director. "If you start yelling and becoming obtrusive and beboppin' around, you give the impression of insecurity, and that becomes infectious. It bleeds down into the actors, and they become nervous; then it bleeds down into the crew, and they become nervous, and you don't get much accomplished that way. You have to set a tone and just demand a certain amount of tranquility...
...Dunster House sophomore who knew Ho said thejunior was a neat and quiet person, and seemed toher to be an ideal roommate. "She is a girl whoseemed to me to like to have everything in order,"the sophomore said...