Word: quietness
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...Still, for tech-friendly Estonians, the invasion of their cyberspace was scary enough. In 21st century warfare, it now looks increasingly unlikely to remain all quiet on the Web front...
When this works, it can be impressive. The Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 were 13 years in the making (eight of them fairly quiet years as a result of the Reagan Administration's opposition to the bill). When Dingell at last brought the legislation to a vote, however, the amendments passed almost unanimously. But can the strategy work in today's more evenly--and bitterly--divided House...
...Bilal Mahmoud, known as Abu Jandal. When Lebanese troops crushed the Dinnieh rebels, Bilal was captured and jailed. He was released in summer 2005 in a general amnesty for the Dinnieh rebels. His family and friends say he returned to the family home in Tebbaneh and spent a quiet life, attending mosque and reading...
...ensnared by inhibitions or concerns about how my behavior would look. And my worldview was completely different. The very mundane was full of possibilities—sometimes terrifying ones—and I was never bored. But because discussing one’s childhood always feels intensely personal, the quiet death of adventure stories, talking animals, and palpable magic feels like an exclusively personal phenomenon. Yet experiences of imagination-loss and general disenchantment are rampant. A slew of recent popular movies has taken up the theme, from gems like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?...
...strengths are my footwork, my accuracy and my leadership on the field,” Winters told Scout.com. “I’m the quiet-type leader, not a dictator...