Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...engineer, Rust lived with his parents and 15-year-old brother, who were described by Bonn officials as "completely bewildered" by Mathias' spectacular dilemma. Said one investigator: "He was a nice, quiet, dedicated young man from whom no one expected great deeds, or great misadventures either." The Rust family decided to sell the rights to their story, presumably to offset some $100,000 in fines and charges that Mathias could face, to the weekly West German picture magazine Stern...
Insurance Underwriter Joann Murphy moved to Oak Brook, Ill., 25 years ago "for the quiet and the country." But now her home in Du Page County is bracketed by office buildings and a huge shopping mall. A 31-story tower obliterates the view of trees and grass from her windows; its construction, still in progress, has sent clouds of dust and bursts of noise into her home. Laments Murphy: "This is like living in downtown Chicago...
...independently once again. Conscientiously attending events sponsored by all 12 of Harvard's residential Houses, she selected Dunster on the basis of its four piano practice rooms (which facilitated her daily one-hour practice sessions), its proximity to the Charles river, its flourishing film and music societies, and its "quiet, studious" atmosphere. Floating into the House alone and rooming with three seniors as a sophomore, she has for the last two years lived with Roberta Peterson...
...scholarly prowess. Choquette describes her as "endearing," McKinsey as "poised and mature," and Peterson as the type of person who "goes out of her way to be polite and helpful." A living alarm clock who helped her roommate make it to House crew practice all through spring semester, this quiet studious soul is sure to carry her confident and insatiable inquistitiveness into whatever she endeavors...
...reasonable to expect Harvard Real Estate, Inc. to remain quiet before it makes a purchase in order to prevent the seller from realizing Harvard's intentions and boosting the sale price. But there's no excuse for secrecy after purchases are made--unless the University is trying to keep the rest of Cambridge from knowing one simple fact: namely, that Harvard is entering a new phase of institutional expansion...