Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kaczynski, meanwhile, broke one or two sly smiles during his arraignment in Helena, Montana, but was otherwise docile and impassive. He had taken the cliche about serial killers--he was a quiet boy, never got in any trouble--and raised it to an art form. He had cast no shadow, left no prints, made few friends, right up until the moment he vanished into the woods...
...been listening to these diatribes for nearly a year now. I've kept quiet on the subject, because I was writing news stories on randomization and it would have been a conflict of interest for me to write editorials on it. But in the face of pathetic arguments about Harvard students' doleful "loss of choice," I can't stay silent any longer...
...quiet, immature, very bright in math and science. He was just a whiz. But he was socially inept.... He wasn't interested in girls, he didn't play sports, and he wasn't much of a musician...
Lamont is very useful to the student who is writing a paper and needs material. It is also convenient for those who prefer to read in quiet places. There are apparently very few diversions besides etching a trite Confucian saying or perverse message into the wooden tables...
...lack of a bailout plan poses a real threat to Wall Street, one reason U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin made a quiet visit to Tokyo recently to stress the need for decisive action. The threat? With their confidence in Japan's banking system still shaky, U.S. and other foreign banks could decide to cut off credit lines to overseas branches of Japanese banks. If Japanese bank branches here lose their access to credit--and hence their ability to do business--they might be forced to sell their huge holdings of U.S. Treasuries to stay afloat. That could trigger a sell...