Word: quietness
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Former Congressman Vin Weber, co-founder of Empower America, says "the old formulation is breaking down in this election, and Bush is testing a new one." The new formulation calls for soothing soccer moms by seeming to retreat from the official platform on abortion, while using religious testimony to quiet the Evangelicals. Bobbie Gobel, who as chair of Iowa's Christian Coalition controls the most sought-after endorsement in the state, concedes that Bush hasn't publicly toed the line on abortion but says she believes that as a "man of God" he will. To explain why she thinks this...
Atkinson is a former marine, and the well-groomed north side of Phoenix was too quiet for him. Three years ago, he asked for a transfer to Maryvale, where the action is. No white-haired Sansabelts in golf carts here. Drugs rule; gang bangers shoot each other out of boredom; and third-generation Mexican Americans join Anglos in grumbling about the illegals who pour across the border four hours to the south and come here to live, 10 and 20 to a house...
...retraces Atkinson's route, wheeling through the last moments of his life, Davila comes upon the shrine where the officer died. Davila had tried, in his quiet way, to live beyond the stereotypes that divide police and community, white and Hispanic. And now there were people out there stirring it up, the vultures and hacks, politicizing Atkinson's death before he was in the ground. At the spot where the afternoon sun still draws a cross on the wall, Davila's spirit breaks again. "You had people calling the radio talk shows to take their shots. It started with illegal...
Coming from a quiet, structured family life to a wonderfully unstructured and often loud college life, my first weeks at Harvard were a time of frenetic activity, rushing from the intro meeting of the South Asian Association (SAA) to the first rehearsal of the Toscanini Chamber Orchestra, shopping about 10 classes (it took me about three tries just to find Harvard Hall, no small building), and trying to meet as many people as possible only to realize I had forgotten their names only half an hour later--just as they probably had forgotten mine...
...very few quiet moments of my first year, which brings me to my second piece of advice: treasure those moments of quiet contentment. I don't think I can remember all the times I laughed and yelled and partied during that year, but I can count those quiet moments on one hand. They provided something to hold onto--just as Dana and Erin had given me their friendship to hold onto--as classes and meetings and sections and rehearsals seemed to swirl around...