Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uncover: 1) a photograph entitled "A little red schoolhouse, built 1750," which the subcommittee insisted would give the Russians the idea that one-room schoolhouses dominate the U.S. in 1955; 2) a quotation from Thoreau which, the subcommittee thought, would give Europeans the idea that Americans "lead lives of quiet desperation," and 3) a photograph of a Vermont schoolteacher, because a friend of one committeeman had seen a Russian book with a better-looking teacher. Said Author Davie: "I didn't think I had to show schoolteachers looking like Rockettes...
...from those which cause deep international division. For this purpose, only a few days of summit discussion are necessary. Any attempt to reach binding decisions would only emphasize present divisions. The best that can come from a big-four conference is an atmosphere a little more mellow for the quiet, serious business of conventional diplomacy that follows...
Taylor, a quiet, handsome six-footer who keeps his weight down to a trim 175, is a notably deliberate man. "I never do anything impromptu," he says...
...true we've been having an argument about the hydrogen bomb, and I've been in the middle of it to a certain extent." The crowd laughed appreciatively at his understatement. "We argue . . . over our policy . . . We don't reach our policy in quiet country houses...
...alarming thing today is not the use but the abuse of television. Parents rely on it as a sort of opiate to keep their children quiet and out of circulation...