Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During the 1987 legislative session a Gay Rights Bill--having passed the Massachusetts House--was stalled in a Senate committee and kept from the full body, which was expected to approve it. Although he threw quiet support behind the bill, Dukakis--who was campaigning in Iowa--refused to take an active roll in salvaging it and let it die in committee...
...nation's streets were quiet. Washington had hoped that demonstrators would respond to Delvalle's address with "people power" mass protests like those that toppled Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. Whether out of apathy or fear of confronting Noriega's soldiers, Panamanians mostly stayed at home. "Everything is going pretty much according to plan," said a U.S. observer. "But where are the Panamanian people?" By Friday night all indications were that Noriega had never been in serious danger of losing power...
...sweetly pious daughters of a visionary preacher. While he lives, they sacrifice their lives to his faintly absurd beliefs. After he dies, they devote themselves to his memory by keeping his dwindling, aging, increasingly fractious flock together. Their story, stretching over many years, is told with deft economy and quiet wit by Writer-Director Gabriel Axel, who builds an uncannily rich texture out of the simplest materials. Still, the viewer muses, this picture is called Babette's Feast. Where is Babette? Where is her feast...
...controversy swirled around the alleged pressure on the Fed, Baker kept quiet. Privately, though, Administration aides were appalled that the issue had flared up. Whether or not Baker agreed with Darby's views, the Secretary apparently had not authorized the economist's letter and was annoyed at the ham-fisted effort to influence the Fed. Baker reportedly told Darby that he was out of line...
...finale, Debi Thomas bobbled to third as Katarina Witt held her figure- skating title and a plucky Canadian, Elizabeth Manley, sparkled her way to silver. Tomba la Bomba and a quiet Swiss, Vreni Schneider, each zigzagged to double skiing gold. And Bonnie the Blur cheered frequently downcast Americans with a speed- skating world record plus a bronze for good measure...