Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latch onto an exceptional lab at a productive time. But she depends too much on the flow of experiments, the blow-by-blow description of discovery to keep her book moving. There are no add personalities that stand out. no irreverant wits. Perhaps Brito's preference for "having quiet technicians and completely bland people around" really is wonderful. ("They don't notice anything wrong...They keep us all sane," Brito claims.) But this lack of funny incident, of weird quirks is what separates the book from other inside tours of biology, such as Horace Judson's The Eighth...
...next morning, Reagan was moved to a quiet, eight-room suite on the third floor. He had a pulse rate of 70 and blood pressure of 130/80, numbers that would please a healthy man. He was encouraged to cough to help get secretions out of his lungs. Though breathing hurt, he required little pain medication. He continued to receive oxygen through a nose catheter. White House aides visit ing that morning found Reagan sitting up and brushing his teeth. He spent the day sleeping and reading newspapers; meals were soup and gelatin. The next day he switched to solid foods...
...Reagan Administration intends to use quiet diplomacy, not to get Japan to play the role of deputy regional superpower, but instead to increase its own antisubmarine warfare activity in the Sea of Okhotsk, upgrade its air and coastal defenses and pay a larger share of the cost of U.S. military bases in Japan. The Administration's new China policy is still not completely formed, but policymakers are inclined to stress the need to help China modernize its economy and industrial base, rather than sell it offensive weaponry...
Shouts and shrieks broke the normal pre-9 a.m. quiet of the Freshman Yard yesterday morning as weary members of the Class of '84 received their housing assignments for the next three years...
Then there's David Burke, with a very quiet 8-17-25 season, good for fourth on the team. And Phil Falcone, centering on Burke's line, who led the freshmen with a 9-3-12 showing which included a four-goal game against St. Lawrence. Center Bill Larson came up from the J.V.'s in mid-December and notched two game-winning goals, including the decisive tally in the Beanpot championship game...