Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...result necessitates an elaborate system of quiet hours and proctoring. Theoretically, during quiet hours (which comprise practically the whole of every weekday except for short periods around lunch and dinner time), talking in the halls is forbidden and musical instruments cannot be played. The enforcement of these rules, however, varies with the dorms and proctors. Oftern the noise level forces the diligent worker to take refuge in the basement study room...
...quiet but enthusiastic crowd, numbering 1500, contributed approximately $1000 to the "bucket brigade for Hungary." Several student organizations have already contributed another $2000, it was learned...
...Middle East. Egypt's Nasser has since justified a large part of his belligerent actions on the basis of that sudden, crunching blow. "Until Feb. 28, 1955," he once said, "I felt that the possibility of real peace was near. The borders between Israel and Egypt had been quiet since 1952, and I felt at peace." When the Jews struck at Gaza, that feeling left. "That is why I bought arms from the Communists. I would rather have spent the money on social development...
...Gurion the No. 1 enemy for attack was not Jordan but Egypt, and last week the time was right. It did not matter that for weeks there had been comparative quiet on the Egyptian border (Nasser was too busy with the Suez crisis) nor that Egypt did not even have its usual strong Jorces on the frontier. After the big push began, Israel justified its attack by saying that it had arrested three Egyptian-trained fedayeen (self-sacrificers) units that had penetrated into Israel. Israel did not even mother to accuse them of any overt act after entering Israel...
Wyszynski sounded more conciliatory than Mindszenty. Said he: "We have won. Have faith in God. I did. Through faith in God all things are possible ... I hope that quiet and secure times have now begun for you and your church. It is up to you to keep the peace...