Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Emerging from my hotel in the heart of town at the height of the rush hour, I was struck by the very strange stillness, in which the only sound was the shuffle-shuffle-shuffle of hundreds of shoes; and suddenly I was afraid. Now I realize that the silent life is simply the natural consequence of any Communist system anywhere in the world, and I am no longer frightened-I am terrified...
...such questions, no answers were forthcoming, for U.S. public relations officers fell silent after some initial muttering about the plane going astray "in bad weather." Later, it was suggested that the Telex line that was to relay the flight plan was out of order, and the French might have gotten a garbled version. This did not alter the fact that there is a blanket prohibition against foreign air photos of French soil without permission of the government; even when the U.S. wanted photos of the American cemetery at Ste.-Mère-Eglise last year, it had to get approval...
...military court-martial in which, as prosecutor, I had lost the decision in a clear-cut assault case, I read a perfect analysis of the key issue of the trial, that is: Does the initial failure of an investigating officer to warn the accused of his right to remain silent invalidate later voluntary admissions? In my case, the investigating officer had talked with the accused at the scene, realized that he was a prime suspect, then warned him of his rights. The accused's two separate voluntary statements, made later, clearly established his guilt but were inadmissible as evidence...
...such luxuries are available to the average North Vietnamese. Hanoi, once a comfortable colonial city, has fallen victim to the Marxist-Leninist muteness typical of Communist capitals. Its streets are virtually empty of automobiles. Instead fleets of bicycles hiss through town, pedaled silently by a silent people. "You hear the shuffle of feet," says a recent visitor, "but no squabbling of merchants, no squeals, no laughter. They don't even seem to talk to one another. You can hear the birds singing in downtown Hanoi at midday. It is strangely saddening...
...appear as an outsized (6 ft. 1 in.) Teddy Roosevelt at costume parties, decide at one point to give up sleeping on Monday nights, and put chips on almost every number when playing roulette. "Live expensively!" advised his father, a Russian-born immigrant who became a multimillionaire in silent films. "Throw it around! Give it away! Always remember to live beyond your means. It gives a man confidence...