Word: silent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Becoming restless, Howard soon headed for Hollywood, where he used the earnings from Toolco, as the company became known, to teach himself the art of film making. He was such a fast learner that within two years he won an Oscar for a silent comedy and went on to produce Hell's Angels, an epic of World War I aerial combat. For the leading lady, he discovered Jean Harlow, whose wondrously sculpted shape, platinum hair, plus a certain charming vulgarity, gave her a unique place in the American libido...
...seconds, pit bosses held the dice at the crap tables; dealers shoed the cards at the 21 games; croupiers stopped the roulette wheels; and the casinos fell silent as players restively eyed their watches and women stared vacantly into their paper cups full of quarters in front of the slots. Sentiment not being a major commodity in Vegas, one man in the Desert Inn muttered when it was over, "Okay, he had his minute. Let's deal...
...city's leaders have also remained curiously silent about another aspect of the beating--one attacker's use of an American flag as a weapon in their assault on Landsmark. If the flag is a symbol of America, their silence on this issue will only lend support to a particularly offensive form of desecration...
...institute is already sponsoring a full schedule of conferences on Soviet history, politics and culture. Last week, for example, experts gathered to assess the work of the Soviets' recently concluded 25th Congress of the Communist Party. This spring the center will sponsor a festival of silent Soviet films rarely seen in the West...
Philadelphians haven't been silent about Rizzo's behavior since the demonstration. Sam S. McNeel, president of Philadelphia Newspapers which owns the Inquirer, called the action "outrageous and beyond belief." He said "It is also beyond belief that the police would stand by and do nothing to stop this violence prior to the time a court injunction was issued." Several prominent Philadelphians, including former mayoral opponent Charles Bowser plan to circulate a petition in a few weeks calling for recall of the mayor. The chances of this tactic succeeding are small. A petition to recall requires 150,000 signatures...