Word: quietness
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...freshmen watched the election returns on television. Textbooks and computers sat stalely on students’ laps, and a white cake iced with the American flag remained mostly uneaten. Suddenly, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds entered the room: “It’s too quiet in here. What’s wrong? What happened?” Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 followed at her heels; last night, the pair travelled around the Yard, visiting viewing parties in Wigglesworth, Greenough, Canaday, and Holworthy to watch the intensifying election returns with first...
...Outside, in the quiet hallway, Sumorwuo Zaza ’11 was too euphoric to remain still. He was slapping his friends on the back and repeating, “We are all Americans now. Welcome to our country...
...Rewrote the Book "She has gone home," Obama told the quiet crowd in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday night, recalling the grandmother who had raised him and shaped him and died on the eve of his victory. "She was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America," he said, and tears we had never seen before streaked his face. "They're not famous. Their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day, they work hard." One day later, Madelyn Dunham's grandson would be the most famous man in the world. (See pictures of Barack...
...bittersweet one for Barack Obama, as he learned that the white grandmother who had helped raise him had died in her sleep, and would not live to see whether her grandson would become the nation's first African-American president. Madelyn Dunham "was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America," Obama told supporters on a rain-sodden field at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. "They aren't seeking the limelight. All they're trying to do is do the right thing." As Obama spoke, tears rolled down his right cheek; at that display...
...Republican, all were welcome to a cookie in the bright sunshine of a gorgeous autumn day. One man enjoying the festive atmosphere, Kasey Denbleyker, allowed that he reluctantly chose John McCain after much vascillation. "I barely voted for him," he said. For the most part, though, this normally quiet polling place was swamped with Obama supporters, black and white, young and old. A volunteer attorney for Obama was on hand in case of difficulties or irregularities, though everything seemed to be going smoothly. "I felt blessed and privileged," Denbleyker said. "There's no security, no machine guns...