Word: quietness
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...camouflage. Taking up his position, McPartland trained his binoculars south. He had pairs of agents deployed strategically over a couple of miles of the surrounding terrain. They would lie in wait until the walkers appeared, usually around dusk. As 6:30 p.m. came and went and all was still quiet, McPartland muttered, "Well, if they're not crossing here, where are they crossing?" Minutes later, he added, "I suppose I should be happy that it's quiet." As it turned out, that night was not completely quiet, but the fact remains that McPartland's piece of the border is tighter...
...with what would have been its 60th anniversary falling this year, the 2CV is now a must-do tourist experience. In Clairmarais, a quiet town 45 minutes from Calais, Les Belles Échappées, www.les-belles-echappees.com, offers self-drive tours around the Nord and Flemish-tinged Pas-de-Calais regions...
...TEXAS There are some players who add a bit more just to get more p.r. I wasn't about that. My major goal was to hold up that trophy at the end, and I didn't want anything to get in the way of that. I kept it pretty quiet. I kept it simple...
...Ghana are close to stepping down, and their power is waning. They were joined on the podium by Raila Odinga, who has fought the political establishment from birth, and in March was appointed Prime Minister of Kenya following a disputed election. Odinga laid into his fellow leaders for keeping quiet about another disputed election earlier this year - for Zimbabwe's presidency. Robert Mugabe, the incumbent widely believed to have been defeated, has not yet released the results...
...Which is why Clinton's ungracious and solipsistic speech on the night of Obama's triumph was so disappointing. She acknowledged Obama briefly, as a candidate but not as the nominee, then proceeded to a paean to her working-class supporters ... and to herself. "In the millions of quiet moments, in thousands of places, you asked yourself a simple question: Who will be the strongest candidate and the strongest President?" she said, and then repeated the dubious claim that she had "won" the popular vote. She may have considered this the opening salvo in a tough round of negotiation with...