Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ludwig Erhard sat silent throughout Adenauer's performance, showed no emotion even when der Alte turned to the economic matters which are Erhard's specialty and said: "Chancellor Erhard will . . . I mean Minister Erhard . . ." Both sides of the house dissolved in laughter as Adenauer permitted himself a rare grin. "Malicious critics will think I did that on purpose," he said. "But I assure you I did not. Well, maybe having a laugh in the middle of such a boring government statement is a good thing...
...operating the University has risen. The cost in 1923-24 was $6.6 million; last year it reached the level of $89 million, and it continues to rise. Meanwhile the number of books and pamphlets in the Library has increased from about 2.4 million to more than 6.8 million, a silent indication of the vast increase in knowledge which has occurred during the interval...
...name on it certifying, so to speak, one's right to exist. What satisfaction I take in appearing the first day to get my auto tag and brake sticker! I subscribe to Consumer Reports and as a consequence I own a first-class television set, an all-but-silent air conditioner and a very long-lasting deodorant. My armpits never stink. I pay attention to all spot announcements on the radio about mental health, the seven signs of cancer, and safe driving. Yesterday William Hoiden delivered a radio announcement on litterbugs. 'Let's face it,' said...
...think that our bats were distinctly silent during that game you are right. I guess we got a couple of foul ticks, and were beaten 4 to 0. Robert W. Wood...
...surrogates for God. In their writings, they expressed both their own anger and divine wrath as well; their mission was to make known this "divine pathos"-God's concern for the world-to men. "Prophecy," Heschel writes, "is the voice that God has lent to the silent agony, a voice to the plundered poor. God is raging in the prophet's words." Their distinction "was to sense the human situation as a divine emergency...