Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American allies while ignoring abuses in Communist nations. Says he: "We will be upgrading the human rights policy. We are going to be more effective because we do not believe in selective application." He also stresses that the most effective way to "nudge" other countries is through quiet diplomacy, not public preaching...
...wrestlers are a relatively quiet, unassuming bunch of guys and melt into the Harvard population as well as anyone else. However, instead of spending their time doing research or playing intramural volleyball, these same guys have begun to earn a reputation for themselves. Perhaps nobody in Harvard has heard of Jim Phills or Andy McNerney, but the wrestling world has heard of them, and has come to respect Harvard's wrestling team...
...Oueddei boasted that since the Islamic legion had intervened, "peace and calm" had been restored to N'Djamena after nine months of bloody civil strife. Indeed, with the .exception of an occasional gunshot or the roar of a Libyan jet fighter wheeling overhead, within the capital an eerie quiet reigns. The bulk of the residents who fled N'Djamena when fighting broke out between Oueddei supporters and the rival forces of former Defense Minister Hissène Habré do not seem convinced that the danger is past. Each morning, canoes ferry thousands of women across the muddy...
...self-respect and a conscious effort on the part of the children." Students are also forbidden to eat, sing or "play" on the school bus. Spray paint cans and Magic Markers are not allowed in the building: the school's yellow walls are clean, its corridors and classrooms quiet...
...Dale concludes, the benefits of year-rounds sunshine and a quiet community in which to raise his family outweigh Davis' disadvantages, and he expects to stay there indefinitely...