Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mike offered his departing handshake he said with the diplomatic sincerity which marked his visit to Harvard, "I wish I could stay here and study for two years." And then he added with a revelation of his quiet humor, "Maybe they could use me at the Russian Institute here...
...police staff has noted the times and locations of the House dances planned for the coming weekends. These affairs will come under police surveillance, as the maintenance of peace and quiet throughout the coming weekends extends to social functions as well as to traffic problems...
Suddenly he burst into tears, and remained sobbing quietly for some time. As he stopped, the room became deathly quiet...
...restraining order issued by two judges of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals against a pet Orval Faubus plan: turning the schools over to a private school corporation for segregated operation. Unfazed, Governor Faubus, who had always pretended that he sought only an integration delay to let things quiet down, now told a Little Rock reporter: "I will never open the public schools as integrated institutions." It thus appeared that Little Rock's high-school students might as well settle down to a long schoolless winter. Number who have already applied for transfer to other cities...
...French administrative and financial aid." Olympio protested that this was no way to treat a U.N. trusteeship. Agreeing that Olympio had a point, the French promised to help train the Togolese to take full control of currency, defense and diplomacy by 1960-if Olympio would keep the terms quiet until France and all its overseas territories had voted on the new constitution. Olympio agreed. Only after the referendum was over did he broadcast the happy news to his people: by 1960 they would be free...