Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been rushed into adulthood. Now she must take care of her father as if she were his parent?he who does not like to talk about the Troubles, or about the past, and who seems to have settled, quite justifiably, for a life of determined peace and quiet. He may never change. A grownup parent sees life in stages, knows fairly well when a child will outgrow or overcome this and that. But how does a child-parent know the same about grownups? In a sense, more patience and understanding are asked of these children than of any real parent...
What is it about Ticknor that has called her back again and again over the years? "I like it because it's not really quiet," she says. "It's nice to know that life goes on when you're stuck in your academic hole...
...During occupation periods, the Catholic Church kept Polish language and culture alive and served as the main bastion of nationalism. After the 0 Communist takeover in 1945, the church provided a unique alternative to a "godless" Marxist regime. Going to Mass became not only a religious act but a quiet sign of rebellion against the state. Today, 75% to 80% of Poland's 36 million people are practicing Catholics. A deeply religious man, Walesa always wears on his lapel a badge depicting the so-called Black Madonna, a portrait of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child that...
Thus far that has been sufficient. Most of Poland is calm. There are trouble spots, but the WRON can wait out or starve out that resistance. Quiet does not mean that the military takeover has succeeded, however, for the security forces have no weapons against the growing passive resistance in the country. As one Western observer said, "You can put a colonel in every shoe factory in the country, but that will not stop the decline in production...
Dozier, a 1956 graduate of West Point, is one of seven generals and six admirals among the 12,000 U.S. military personnel in Italy. The Arcadia, Fla., native is quiet and proper, and lived in unspectacularstyle. His career includes decorations for combat in Viet Nam and commands in Germany and at Fort Hood texas but he had been in Italy less than 18 months and was outranked at the Venona base by its Italian commander. A U.S. official speculated that his abduction was a "symbolic" act: "He's American he's a general, he's part...