Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrote the scores for a string of movie musicals, winning Academy Awards for Lullaby of Broadway (from Gold Diggers of 1935); You'II Never Know (Hello Frisco, Hello, 1943); and On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (from The Harvey Girls, 1946). A quiet, amiable man whose talent brought him fortune but not fame, he once said: "I lack charisma. Not even my best friends have heard...
...first 78 miles of its run to Lyon, it traveled the French National Railroads' regular tracks at conventional speed (max: 100 m.p.h.). In the comfortable, soundproofed cars, the only noises were the quiet hiss of air conditioning, the strains of Chopin-and the popping of champagne corks. Then, at Saint-Floren-tin, came the announcement: "We are entering the new section of track. Our speed will be 260 kilometers [162 miles] per hour...
...yards, oh (giggle), another quarter-mile. The real top is obvious; there are lots of people up there eating lunch. The wind picks up a little, cooling the sweat on our backs, and we add a layer or two. And when we get up there, we are pretty quiet, part tired, and part too busy with all the looking around in awe that occupies one on the tops of mountains. Mt. Jefferson, perched between Mt. Adams and Mt. Washington on top of the Northeast. There's nothing to block the view; the world is a great dome with the Connecticut...
...Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), the party that has ruled Mexico without opposition for 50 years. To maintain its hegemony, the PRI minimizes political mobilization among the populace. Promises of government attention, combined with a foreign policy that even the most dedicated leftists cannot impugn, have traditionally kept activists quiet...
Although we do have the best photography and printing facilities around, the general appearance of our rather decrepit, old building just can't complete with something like the stately Lampoon. If you're looking for a place with some quiet, leisurely atmosphere, forget it. (The Fly Club is between Mt. Auburn St. and the main entrance of Lowell House...