Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WHAT did the University provide as an alternative to a quiet reading in houses where friends from high school were turned away at the gate? Disappointment...
Action on government information policy has been quiet since last spring, when Congress forced Reagan to rescind what has come to be known as "the Poindexter memorandum." The memorandum, drafted by former National Security Adviser John Poindexter, would have allowed U.S. intelligence agencies to monitor and regulate almost all commerical and academic information stored electronically in the country...
...reading period, I had found another place that felt familiar--Cafe La Ruche. I liked the quiet noise and music that kept me from worrying as I studied...
Many scholars are also studying why members of this same group of students rarely are quiet long enough during any given hour of class discussion to hear any one else speak. Through this research, scientists uncovered the existence of a secret ritualistic club, "The Bullshitters of Harvard." After many years of freelancing, the individuals apparently decided to organize in order to accomplish their mutual objective of worldwide annoyance. I attended a recent meeting during which an alumnus returned to give a speech on techniques of Harvard section behavior...
Three false alarms occurred Friday night--two in Lowell House and one in Eliot House, which earlier in the week had banned Friday parties in order to give seniors peace and quiet to prepare for Saturday's LSAT's. Eliot residents said they were annoyed by the alarm, which went off at around 11 p.m., but not seriously disturbed...