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Word: quietness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still make up only about 12 percent of tenured faculty within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. You could count the number of full female minority professors on one hand, even if you have already lost two or three fingers in an accident. Rape still happens. Thus, Radcliffe's quiet exit at stage left is unfortunate, because it misses the once-in-a-120-year chance to make a truly bold statement regarding women's education...

Author: By Alexander T. Nguyen, | Title: A Modest Proposal | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...Though her role involves fewer histrionics, Karin Alexander makes something equally special of Matilda. Her quiet strength and biting tongue make her irresistible, and we can easily believe that she is a woman Henry still obsesses over after 20 years...

Author: By John W. Baxindine, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oh, Henry! Allusions of Grandeur | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

Though her role involves fewer histrionics, Karin Alexander makes something equally special of Matilda. Her quiet strength and biting tongue make her irresistible, and we can easily believe that she is a woman Henry still obsesses over after 20 years...

Author: By John W. Baxindine, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oh, Henry! allusions of grandeur | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...past 30 years. But when pressed to put your finger on any direct musical similarities, it's impossible to find any of the blatant regurgitation with which modern bands have made a killing. Falkner laments: "We've had to suffer through years and years of clone bands. The whole quiet MISSING sad." Running the opposite direction, Falkner taps into a timeless beauty and exudes thirst for life present in the pop bands that have managed a lasting impact of modern music...

Author: By R. ADAM Lauridsen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: rock star unknown | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

True to its name, Echo carries Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers back from the quiet brooding of their She's the One soundtrack to the territory they cover best, both lyrically and stylistically: independence, defiance, rebellious love. Strange themes for a bunch of middle-aged industry veterans, but satisfyingly appropriate when you consider their enduring drive to crank out solid '60s-era rock 'n roll when their closest contemporaries have gone adult contemporary. "Free Girl Now," is a pounding emancipatory salute that, along with the similarly triumphant "Swingin,'" and "Room At The Top" showcases the band's "screw 'em" mentality...

Author: By --rajesh Kottamasu, | Title: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Echo Warner Bros | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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