Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Undergraduate Council President Carey W. Gabay '94 announced the resignation of North House delegate Sean D. Wissman '95 Sunday night, a quiet chant was heard from the gallery...
Organizers are keeping the details and official status of the news club quiet...
Though Clinton waved his fountain pen two weeks ago and dramatically vowed to veto any bill that omitted universal coverage, there is a quiet debate inside the White House about what "universal" really means. Already it is clear that the reforms will not be fully phased in for years and that Clinton proposes not to cover illegal immigrants. Such purists as Magaziner and the First Lady oppose any further concessions, but Administration pragmatists -- including the President -- reportedly believe Clinton will have to stagger coverage further to win congressional support. As a first public step toward redefining the terms of debate...
This was once a quiet little backwater showplace for independent American films, run by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute since 1985. But ever since sex, lies and videotape was the surprise hit of the 1989 event, the affair has become Hollywood's annual home away from home for 10 days in late January. Festivalgoers complain about the overcrowded screenings (nearly all the hot films are sold out weeks in advance); reporters snipe about the proliferation of cellular phones on Main Street. Even Redford, speaking to the filmmakers / gathered for the closing-night awards ceremony, felt obliged to take note...
...police that White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum interfered with their investigation of his associate Vincent Foster's suicide last July -- in ways other than removing a file about Whitewater Development Corp. from Foster's office. Small wonder, given this bumbling, that the White House cannot keep the Whitewater affair quiet...