Word: quiets
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...years in rowing shells waiting attentively for the coach’s directions, you would think it easy to formulate commands of my own. You would be mistaken. Like all first efforts, mine at giving instructions were awkward. “Alright guys, we want to keep the shoulders quiet and steady, and change directions from the hips. Understand what I’m saying?” Those words, in my head so sensible and accurate, were initially met with bemused looks and, a little later, with unenthusiastic action...
...Taliban claimed responsibility for this week's blasts and said they were flexing their muscles to show that they could sow fear outside their traditional southern strongholds. Taliban spokesman Mohammed Hanif said that the recent attacks showed they could strike at the enemy in Kabul and the normally quiet northern provinces...
...People in Kabul were shaken by the string of explosions, and the streets were visibly quiet as groups of police and Afghan soldiers searched vehicles at major intersections. "Everybody is scared," said first lieutenant Ahmad Shah, a traffic policeman in Khair Khana who witnessed one of the bombs. "There is fear in the city today and you do not see many cars. It is because of these explosions, which show the weakness of the government...
...Though she may not have intended malice, Alice's sharp tongue did leave wounds, reducing Eleanor to tears. In 1957, Alice's quiet daughter Paulina died of an overdose of sleeping pills. A softened Alice adopted Sturm and reconciled with Eleanor, who sent her an affecting condolence note. "She was a lively grandmother," Sturm says of Alice, who spent two more decades entertaining Nixons and Kennedys in her home, which was covered with old animal skins, books and peeling paint. Alice would stay up late, teaching herself Greek and reading about science, propped beside a throw pillow embroidered with...
...government is making a great effort in order to keep the situation quiet. But we are waiting for the Israeli side to do the same thing, to stop the military escalation, to stop the assassinations. We said we are ready to treat the problem of the missiles in the north of Gaza, but we did not receive a positive response...