Word: quiets
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...press-shy Caroline seems to have inherited her mother’s quiet, humble demeanor...
...successful presidential election and a quiet winter had aroused hopes that the insurgency in Afghanistan might finally be waning. But that was until a recent upsurge in violence was punctuated by a suicide bombing last week that killed 20 people, including Kabul's chief of police, during a funeral procession at the Abdul Rab Akhundzada Mosque in Kandahar. The horrific attack was notable not only for its death toll: the funeral was for Maulavi Abdul Fayaz, a prominent anti-Taliban cleric murdered by suspected Taliban gunmen days earlier, and the bomb?a mixture of explosives and ball bearings?was more...
...ways to escape the misery, if only in bursts, through poetry, martial arts and music. Friends drop in and out, as does Gerry, but Sayer's resilience is the bedrock of the story. There's a charm and grace (and goofiness) in the adolescent Sayer, whose telling evokes the quiet dignity Henry Lawson found a century ago in the "sallow faces" and "weary feet" of the underclass...
Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was sent into exile nearly two years ago after eight years of leading a brutal insurgency and another six years of bloody rule - but he has apparently rejected the idea of a quiet retirement. Officials at the U.N.-backed Sierra Leone war-crimes tribunal told the Security Council in New York City last week that Taylor is now working closely with representatives of al-Qaeda to try to destabilize the region. "Al-Qaeda has been in West Africa. It continues to be in West Africa, and Charles Taylor has been harboring members of al-Qaeda...
...most adults carry in their memories have all but disappeared in much of the nation. City streets and parks are often too dangerous for kids to play in. Suburban streets teem with traffic. TV, video games and the Internet seduce children into staying indoors and sitting inert. Even in quiet towns, walking or biking to school is increasingly rare...