Word: quietness
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...Seidel’s quiet demeanor belies his intense focus...
...play host to something even greater: the renaissance of live music at Harvard. Well, as long as the money holds out.Sponsored by campus radio station WHRB and the College Events Board (CEB), the pub will present a night of performances by Harvard’s own DJs Radius and Quiet, preeminent Harvard band The Sinister Turns, and New York independent rockers Nightmare of You. The entire performance will be broadcast live on WHRB, allowing Harvard students and members of the station’s greater Boston following to tune in.“We’re all really, really...
...stalled because the left-wing parties that support the government do not want to deal with the U.S. - but brutally practical, too. Singh has said India's greatest threat is that its low-level insurgencies will turn more deadly. India will be a true success when those in the quiet columns of dignified marchers know that its prosperity extends to them...
Institute of Politics Director James A. S. Leach speaks quietly and slowly. But at moments of humor, he leans forward impulsively, makes his hands into fists, and shows an impish grin.It was at a serious moment, though, that Leach, who served 15 consecutive terms in the House of Representatives, said that elected office “should not be considered a career.”Indeed Leach, who left behind a record as a moderate Republican from Iowa, does not sound much like a congressman. Asked whether he, like Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, would invite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
...know if this sort of quiet, unsolicited honesty can work in our rude, noisy politics, but it certainly is far more presidential than the dodging and fudging that you get from most candidates. It has been argued that Obama's style is too cerebral, too élitist. That may be true. He assumes a maturity in his audiences, and in the press, that simply may not exist. But given the stakes in 2008, perhaps it's time for all of us to grow up and meet the challenge of a difficult moment for our country...