Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Besides the new presence of women in the dining halls the students there seem to have quieted down. "The dining hall was amazingly quiet. The atmosphere was rowdier and notsiet a few years ago," Thomason said...
...usually quiet commission hearing-to determine a property's historical significance, if any-became a two-hour forum for about 10 Harvard witnesses, including three architects, several University administrators, and a stenographer...
...would go with . him. But Anne has been asked to write the catalog for a new exhibit of the works of Caroline Watson (1864-1938), an American artist whose once lustrous reputation could now stand some repolishing. The job requires regular trips to Manhattan and periods of peace and quiet about the Foster household. Michael flies off to France, and the first sitter Anne tries turns out to be churlish and unsuitable. What to do with the kids...
Washington will be seeking the quiet backing of Algeria, a country that / could lend support to Arafat in breaking with hard-line Syria by agreeing to negotiate. In addition, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy will leave in mid-April on a fact-finding tour of the Middle East. "There is no virtue in doing nothing," admits one senior American diplomat. But Reagan insists that, although he would be happy to meet with a delegation of Jordanians and Palestinians, it is up to the Arabs to find a way to get formal negotiations under...
...during the bombing at Guernica. Soon after, the child intuitively envisions the battle in Picasso-like terms. Later she sees the work of art and recoils in recognition and insight beyond her years. As the story evolves, the focus shifts from Davita's dogmatic, unhappy parents to her own quiet revolution: yearning for a sense of identity and excluded from the adult world of politics, she becomes a fervent Jew and eventually challenges the patriarchal presumptions of her religion. During the conflict between Davita's reverence for Hebraic tradition and her determination to make a place for herself, the narrative...