Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from constructive service to civil disobedience overnight, depending on his acute awareness of the temper of the people, whether in South Africa or in India. His fasts and his spinning and his marches all were attuned to what he knew the Indians would respond to. Satyagraha, under Gandhi's quiet leadership, was hard to stop, for in the minds of Indians, he had effectively changed Truth into Action. When the leaders and supporters of the Montgomery boycott plan the rest of their current campaign, a few additional thoughts on Gandhi's Satyagraha--its strength, its limited goals, its constructive service...
Finally, Silverstein thought he understood. "I see, now we've established that it's quiet and informal. Now how about you two sitting here in nice easy chairs, with a fire in the fireplace...
...Labor heckling from the front bench opposite, Eden lost his usual urbanity. His voice was almost shrill as he complained that Labor was not giving him time to speak. Shouting that he had spoken "for 30 years in this House." Eden had to appeal to the Speaker to quiet the ridicule. A Churchill would have met the hecklers with confident abuse...
Having given aid and comfort to allies, Dulles moved on to New Delhi and a more difficult session. Indian officialdom is notably unenchanted by Dulles. Unlike the welcome extended to Bulganin and Khrushchev, Dulles' airport welcome was quiet and formal. Dulles was driven to Nehru's home, where he found the Indian Prime Minister sitting reading a book on the porch. They began a friendly but frank conversation which, with a few breaks, lasted hours longer than had been scheduled. Nehru was not happy over SEATO's references to Kashmir; Dulles replied that...
This house in Ablon, a quiet backwater seven miles outside Paris, is the headquarters of Pierre Poujade, the cocky, handsome ex-bookseller who at 35 is the most talked about political figure in France today...