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Word: quiets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keeping with the community's role in providing a spiritual haven from an increasingly complex and harried modern life, it seems like a world away inside the monastery despite its proximity to Harvard Square. The monastery is a quiet, peaceful place with no pretention. The atmosphere is solemn but humble, and the only ornamentation is in the stained-glass windows of the chapel. In short, the monastery is about as different from the Square and the University as possible--which may be the key to its popularity...

Author: By Teresa L. Johnson, | Title: The Monks of Harvard Square | 4/10/1986 | See Source »

Malone claimed that the fight will not weaken the party but will strengthen it. "Quiet following is not what is necessary to make a strong party. Competition in politics is what makes a party grow. The party needs a jump start and this has woken a lot of people...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: Republican Party Gears Up For State Convention | 4/8/1986 | See Source »

...Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer and Nolan Ryan. Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry formed their club. Even Walter Johnson had Rube Marquard. "There's some safety in numbers," Tom Browning agrees. "Last year, when Pete (Rose) was drawing the crowds, I was left alone to get a nice quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dr. K Is King of the Hill | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

Back when Grace Kaczynski was growing up on nearby Athens St., there was a penny candy store at the corner of her block. During most of the day, horses with carts attached to them stood at both ends of the street so that even one car passing through her quiet Cambridge neighborhood was a novelty...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: Development Threatens Bank St. Neighborhood | 4/2/1986 | See Source »

Their campaigns cost a grand total of $200. They made few speeches, avoided appearing on television, and distributed only a smattering of pamphlets. They kept quiet about their platform, which proposes mandatory testing of all Americans for AIDS and "Nuremberg tribunals" for those suspected of treason. Although the ballot in the Illinois state primary listed them as Democrats, that designation cloaked their true affiliation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics From the Twilight Zone | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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