Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three months of watching the bickering and lethargy of the Big Minh junta, Khanh arrived in the capital to attend an officers' meeting, quietly rallied some fellow officers, including the commander of troops surrounding Saigon, and on the night of Jan. 30 pulled off his own coup, a silent one that caught his rivals in their pajamas. While persuading Big Minh to stay on as titular chief of state, to maintain at least a facade of continuity, Khanh took power as president of the Military Revolutionary Council and Premier...
ILLINOIS. Honest Abe sits somber and silent in a high-back chair, rises, bows, and delivers a 10-min. oration. Disney's Lincoln is a little stolid, but then he is stuffed with things like steel, air tubes and hydraulic valves...
...anyone blame Ike for refusing to endorse a G.O.P. nominee for President? After all, it was he who recommended our present Chief Justice. Such a horrible blunder should keep him silent for the rest of his life...
...Recalling Dwight D. Eisenhower's pride in his own invention, "modern Republicanism," it seems to me utterly strange that he, being the one person who could decisively influence the Republican Party's development now, chooses to remain silent when the party seems to be marching straight toward the very opposite of modern Republicanism...
...investigating glossolalia last year warned that it has led to "divisions and tensions" in many congregations; tongues advocates often tend to slight regular worship services, force the practice on doubters, and develop into an ecstatic spiritual elite. But Lutheran leaders have little hope that the tongues will now be silent. Admits Dr. Schiotz: "Perhaps it is a reaction against the tendency to over-intellectualize the Christian faith. Speaking seems to fill a spiritual need for simplicity and emotional attachment...