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Word: quietness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still was hesitating and told me to look at the horizon. Night had fallen and the panoply of lights on The Strip glittered below me. From the Las Vegas Hilton, green lasers arced into the sky. The instructor had me close my eyes and intone a meditative "Omm" to quiet my mind. He then gave me a final pep talk. "Don't look down any-more, or you won't jump," he said. "I'm going to count backwards from five to one, and say `Go,' and then you go, okay...

Author: By John F. "case" kim, | Title: Taking a Leap in Las Vegas | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

...avoids cameras and interviews, and those who know him say he is amiable, tough and determined. His relationship with Yeltsin is said to be almost as close as son to father. He works closely with Dyachenko, 38, whom Berezovsky describes as "the genetic copy of her father," quiet but very observant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Job Just Got Harder For Boris' Handlers | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

Breggin mentioned the tremendous popularity of Prozac and Ritalin as an example of this trend and said that any criticism of the drugs has been very quiet...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Psychiatrist Attacks Prozac, Ritalin | 4/3/1998 | See Source »

...might ask, however, why Landow would keep old voice mail. The shrewd millionaire and old political hand may have had his reasons. If, as some lawyers in the case speculate, Landow was attempting to keep Willey quiet by wooing her, the old messages might serve as convenient cover. White House aides protest loudly that Landow is the last man they would enlist as a presidential cutout. Though an old supporter of Vice President Gore, Landow was a latecomer to the 1992 Clinton campaign, after backing Democratic rivals. He is also not known for having a soft touch, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romancing The Widow? | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...known before: that he was still seeing his ex-girlfriend Mindy and that he had a second lover--Rick. She encountered them both on camera, naturally, and Mindy assaulted her. Afterward, Nikki talked about what she'd just gone through. "I wanted to cry onstage," she said in a quiet voice, "but I held it in. I didn't want to look all soft and gullible. All I want to do now is sit by myself and cry." Her feelings were mixed, though. "It wasn't a bad experience," she said. "I'd come back. In some ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Talking Trash | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

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