Word: quiets
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...state spending, he vetoed the legislature's budget. Those were impassioned, partisan days; the morning of the vote, one Democrat opened the session by praying, "May the nays be forgiven." When du Pont lost, his aides were distraught and defiant. Not the Governor. "He was very, very quiet," recalls Nathan Hayward III, a second cousin who was then head of Delaware's economic development office. Du Pont shifted to a more conciliatory approach that eventually won over the legislature and even labor...
...dynasty, the du Ponts are different from the Kennedys, Roosevelts or Rockefellers. In their 188-year history in America, very few du Ponts have pursued elective office. Public service -- or, as du Pont describes it, "giving something back" -- was expressed through quiet philanthropy. Today, Delaware's du Pont plants are liberally matched with du Pont libraries, museums and foundations. If one trait unites the 2,000 far-flung du Pont descendants, it is their sober quest for privacy. They have spent two centuries perfecting their seclusion from the prying public...
Iran also came under attack in the Persian Gulf last week when Iraqi jets hit the Iranian island of Sirri, 80 miles northwest of Dubai. The strike, which set ablaze an Iranian tanker, threatened to heat up the tanker war, which has been quiet since early July. If Iran retaliates, a primary target may be the reflagged Kuwaiti tankers and their U.S. escorts...
Michael Ryan was a quiet fellow, except when it came to talking about guns. He never tired of telling his neighbors in Hungerford, a little farming town some 75 miles west of London, about his collection of firearms or showing them off whenever anyone paid attention. Ryan, 27, had recently joined the Tunnel Rifle and Pistol Club, where he practiced regularly. Said Club Manager Andrew White: "He was a very good shot. He hit an 18- by 14-in. target consistently at 100 meters." Last week Ryan used his shooting skill to deadly effect, turning his neighbors into targets...
...quiet man, Harvey had been given generally good marks by his hospital supervisors for his caring attitude toward patients. He had, however, come under suspicion at the VA hospital in 1985, when some tissue samples were stolen from the hospital's labs. Harvey resigned, and was then hired as an orderly by Drake, which was not told of his troubles at the VA because of federal privacy laws...