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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Personally he is rather quiet, modest andunassuming," Black wrote. "He has shown realability to get on with other boys, as is seen fromthe fact that he is editor-in-chief of the schoolpaper, played foot-ball, was in the school-playand is rowing on the school-crew...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Conant Was Brilliant Prez, Scholar | 7/29/1994 | See Source »

Sword's friends said the Saskatchewan native was quiet and honest at Harvard...

Author: By Tood F. Braunstein, | Title: Grads Indicted in Charity Rip-off | 7/22/1994 | See Source »

...invasion of Haiti would commence not with the blazing of guns but with the quiet ripples of Navy SEALS making their way ashore. Under cover of darkness -- a key ally in the Pentagon's invasion plan -- they would drift apart and stealthily make their way to the country's major airport, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Their mission: to make sure no surprises were in store for the thousands of U.S. combat troops that would follow. "One truck with four flat tires on the runway can cause problems," a military officer says. "So can 2,000 Haitians with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Invasion Target: Haiti | 7/18/1994 | See Source »

Hanks is a TV type who made a big splash in movies (first in Splash, then in Big). He is a throwback to old Hollywood, when everybody went to the movies, when movies were the world's TV, when the norm was more ... normal. Back then, quiet types like Henry Fonda and Gary Cooper played the extraordinary ordinary man. That's Hanks. Offscreen, apparently, he leads a calm, happy life. Onscreen, he is less likely to explode than to simmer and smile. With his suburban niceness and elusive, rubberized features -- any photo of him is bound to look smudged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Hollywood's Last Decent Man | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

Another document, also released yesterday, suggested that the AEC wanted to keep the experiments quiet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Official Denied Existence of Govt. Radiation Experiments | 7/6/1994 | See Source »

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