Word: quiets
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...worth it, Mr. Madoff? You knew all along, but you kept it going, you kept it quiet. You had the ability to end it years ago, you could have saved thousands of loved ones, friends, retirees and charities from financial ruin, but you kept going deeper into the quicksand of your crime, without a struggle, without remorse, as if our lives and yours were just another deal...
...hard to see the arguments you must have made to yourself: "Look, I got into it innocently. I needed to pay people, and I thought I could work my way out. But it never happened and I kept quiet, and I got in deeper and deeper. There was no turning back." There's the justification story that goes: "Wait a minute - all you investors were just as greedy as me. You didn't complain when the money was good. I gave you a lot of good years. More than anyone else, blame yourself." Then there's the cleansing argument...
...children in case of biochemical terrorism. Shannon’s interest in children’s health carried through to his life outside the hospital, leading him to form a youth group at his church to address teen issues such as sex, drugs, and alcohol. “His quiet, gentlemanly ways will be greatly missed,” Children’s Chief Executive James Mandell wrote in a message to staff Tuesday afternoon. Shannon is survived by his wife, Elaine, and two children, Evan and Lila—bothundergraduates at Stanford University. —Staff writer Noah...
...exquisite juxtaposition of those timeless poetic partners, the ugly and the beautiful, makes it surprising and memorable. Much as with the word “abattoir,” it is an ugly thing beautifully described. And Nilsson is at her best when is she is restrained, unassuming, even quiet. If only she was these things more often...
...luck ran out in a German court Monday, when Sgarbi was sentenced to six years in prison for fraud, attempted fraud and attempted blackmail. Sgarbi confessed that not only did he dine, bewitch and bed a number of married women, but tricked them into paying him to keep quiet. In two cases, he confessed, he used blackmail to extract money. (Read: "The Royal Blackmail Mystery...