Word: quiets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...understand finally. I came to it late, but I do understand now. This was worse, more bitter than ever. A total self-immolation, by guys we love and admire--by Schiraldi who got us there, Gedman who performed with such quiet efficiency, Buckner who, though hobbled, had fielded flawlessly. I even grieved for Bob Stanley (nine times out of 10, Gedman stops that ball, even though it must technically be ruled a wild pitch; and Stanley did what he was brought in to do--he got Wilson to hit an easily playable ground ball). Yes, this was much worse--worse...
Some of the memories hurt. "Well, have you had a good life since?" one of the Americans asked Wiemann. He was quiet for a moment, then said, "Yes, after the first six or seven years." His part of East Prussia was taken over by the Soviets, and there was no home for him to return to. The war was half- forgotten for the Americans in 1955, but for one of the former prisoners, Hans Richter, 60, that was the year he fled East Germany with 60 pfennigs in his pocket. He found a job near Wiesbaden as a machinist...
Nearly all those susceptible to the 1988 itch have had at least one session with the group (Lee Iacocca declined the invitation, and Jesse Jackson, unpopular with Impac members, has been ignored). Even Mario Cuomo, who has avoided the Iowa-New Hampshire trail so far, found time for a quiet talk with Landow and a breakfast with Impac in Washington...
...around 4 p.m. on a quiet Sunday, Ria Lubbers glanced out of her Rotterdam house and saw that two men had smashed the window of her car and were trying to rip out the radio. When Ria shouted, the burglars loosed a stream of obscenities and walked off. At that point, two people rushed to Ria's aid: one of her sons and her husband Ruud, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands...
...Quiet Neighborhood...