Word: quiets
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...rows of tall cypresses framing bright walls. Two months, and no return date set. Roxanna wondered, blushing even at the thought, if Felicity was trying to relive her honeymoon in Florence. Certainly the Viscount and the Viscountess shared the same bed every night. Yet their room seemed oddly quiet, and when Roxanna brought Felicity her evening glass of warm milk, she thought the Viscountess lay next to her husband as if she was lying beside him in a tomb. Roxanna knew she should not have these thoughts, just as she knew she must keep her gaze downcast each evening...
...students into a swoon. On “Stay Positive,” the Brooklyn band presents some of their most exciting and universal material to date. The new record may not end the continuing argument over the band’s merits, but it should be enough to quiet some of their critics. At the very least, they’ve crafted one of the most enjoyable albums of the summer. The Hold Steady have built up and filled out their sound with varying levels of success. “Sequestered in Memphis” thrives on fuzzed...
...This ruling will restore the quiet and the clean air in Yellowstone for everyone to enjoy.' AMY MCNAMARA, director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, after a federal judge rejected a plan to allow more than 500 snowmobiles a day into the national park...
...What's strange about Pacino's patented style is that, as Michael Corleone in the first two Godfather films, his acting had exactly that quiet menace, the satanic power that whispers, the death sentence of a single glance. But since, say, Dog Day Afternoon in 1975, he went the other way, playing the little guy who compensates by going big. It's a tactic more theatrical than cinematic, and Pacino usually makes it work by ensuring that he dominates any film he's in. A two-hander like Righteous Kill, though, demands teamwork. Pacino is still laying...
Gervais already has deep thoughts about the wild. As we exit the galleries, he finally notices the view I was trying to show him by the railings. He stops and is quiet. Then he says, "Nature wins, doesn't it? You can't really compete with a few hundred million years of evolution." As we contemplate our mortality, I feel bad for judging him for quoting Keats; he has earned the right to ponder without having to amuse me. But then he adds, "Except spiders. Lose them. Nothing needs eight f______ legs...