Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defeated in the two-round election that chose Charles de Gaulle's successor. Together, victor and vanquished walked to the elegant Salle des Fêtes, where other officials and guests had assembled. A chamber ensemble that had been playing Lully's Les Mousquetaires du Roy fell silent. The president of the Constitutional Council, which oversees elections, stepped forward to proclaim Pompidou as President. Then the grand chancellor of the Legion of Honor slipped around Pompidou's neck the heavy chain of a grand master of the order, symbolic of the Presidency...
...other cultural groups, such as Italians, among whom an outcry is socially acceptable. For yet others, the "wailing wall" psychology provides a rationale: the vocal protest is supposed to ease the pain. Many a man will groan aloud to alleviate cramping pains in his belly, though he may remain silent under other kinds of pain...
...lower forms of life, such nonvocal expressions are often vital to the survival of the species. Man, of course, has the gift of speech. Yet he too is able to signal his moods and thoughts with a nonverbal vocabulary of gestures and expressions. These signals constitute a powerful silent language that is often as effective and direct as speech itself. The unspoken lexicon is becoming a subject of increasing interest to specialists in the new science of ethology (the biology of behavior); it is also providing new views into man's hidden emotional world...
...Birmingham scientists point out, the psychiatrist is in a position to discover important new clues to the patient's inner turmoil. Even when the patient seems to be able to communicate verbally, a doctor may get more valuable information on the progress of the therapy from the silent signals than from the spoken words...
...group also voted, however, that their tactics "should not embitter" anyone else planning action during commencement. The SDS co-chairmen were given authority to negotiate over the tactics of the walkout with the Ad Hoc Committee on Commencement, which is planning a silent walk-out from the ceremonies. A meeting off all seniors interested in action during commencement was tentatively scheduled for this evening...