Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...didn't make many friends that way, acting aloof and punchy when at work, and telling the toddler to be quiet when page 1yChildren came on. But all the same I made It through the first four weeks of the summer, lacking only a tan. Then the family packed up and went to France for a month trading houses with a Parisian family with three children. Before I met the family, I pictured myself juggling three little kids instead of two at once, and they wouldn't even know English...
Peace and quiet, Lebanese-style, descended on the shattered remnants of Beirut last week. On most days, only occasional bursts of machine-gun fire flew across the "green line" separating the Christian eastern part of the city from the predominantly Muslim west. Late in the week, heavier machine-gun and rocket duels erupted between Christian and Muslim militiamen, killing two people and wounding at least 27 others. But in the early stages of the uneasy Pax Syriana imposed two weeks ago by Syrian President Hafez Assad, the main participants in the Lebanese tragedy were trying to shift most of their...
...home. Enjoyin' it?" he asks. Walking back to the car, he says, "You cold?" He gets black leather jacket out of the trunk. In the car I say I had hoped to meet his wife and interview her. He says, "I don't know." He is quiet. "I don't know. We're going to New York tomorrow." What about tonight? And he says, "I don't know. I don't even know if anyone's home. If I call, they'll say no for sure." He laughs, then is silent...
...circular staircase; I am following Jackson. He walks down the green-carpeted hallway and knocks on a door. LaToya, a striking woman who looks like Michael, comes out of her bedroom. She is warm and friendly. Jackson knocks on another door. Janet, the youngest Jackson child, also friendly, but quiet, says hello...
Michael in a very quiet voice introduces his friend to his father, giving only one name. I cannot hear it. Jackson introduces me to Michael, saying that I am from TIME magazine. He adds, "We just had a nice long interview." Michael and I shake hands. His hand feels like a cloud. He barely says "Hi." His friend extends his hand, which is damp. He seems nervous. Michael stares with his almond eyes for a long minute and turns to the television. There is silence and I feel that Joe is uncomfortable. It is so dark I cannot see anything...