Word: quietness
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...participants into two groups of 20. All 40 had just finished an unrelated psychological experiment, and many were thinking of going home (or to the pub). They were asked, instead, whether they wouldn't mind spending an additional five minutes helping with research. The participants were led into a quiet room and asked to listen to a 2½-min. tape that they were told would be "rather dull...
...This is the one game that is sure to be irrelevant for the Ivy League race. The Bears have a tough road back to the top of the league, but do you know what would be a great step in that direction? If at quiet Pizzatola Sports Center, there was a live bear as a mascot! Think about it, a big hairy scary bear would constantly roar at the opposing team to frighten the jeepers out of it and also dance around the court at halftime to provide better entertainment than any other halftime stuff I’ve seen...
...People’s Republic of China invaded and occupied the peaceful mountain nation of Tibet. For 58 years, the Communist regime in Beijing has waged a quiet war against the Tibetan people and their unique culture. Their clandestine methods follow the guidelines established by their imperialist predecessors: hide Tibet’s holy relics, erode traditional Tibetan practices, and fill the vacuum with Chinese culture. The evil genius behind the Chinese plan—and perhaps the only reason why the suppression of Tibet has not garnered much attention in the Western world—is that the Chinese...
...most vivid memories Yasir Nisar has of his 2005 honeymoon is of the "Western" clothes his new bride Cayyada wore as she bundled up in Pakistan's frigid mountain temperatures. For more than a week, the young newlyweds escaped their hectic city lives for a quiet getaway at Malam Jabba, a ski resort located in the heart of the Swat Valley. They shopped for local craftwork, skied at the resort's modest but picturesque slopes and ate various traditional Swati dishes, at times holding hands bashfully. Road closures and blockades were routine - but always due to snowfall...
...Despite a quiet opening in Japan, Schilling said he was hopeful that Departures would win. "The film didn't have blockbuster written all over it when it was released, and I don't think the producers and distributors had great expectations," he says. "But word got out that it was more than a film for old people and it became a mass phenomenon in Japan." Takita, 53, got his start in adult films but, until now, is probably most remembered as the director of the 1999 film Secret (Himitsu), which was eventually reamde by French director Luc Besson. Takita beamed...