Word: silent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When another vote was taken on the measure, Rudenstine's call for "no" votes found a silent room. Arnold Professor of Science William H. Bossert '59, who had voted "no" in the original vote, abstained but later said he had meant to prevent unanimity...
...America's story is in its art, of course. How could it be? That would be too much to ask of art. And some of the best art made in America has been completely silent about its social context--although there are times when silence itself can be read as a significant act of sublimation. There's very little visual art, for instance, that directly deals with slavery. Or, to take another example, here is a country founded on religious impulses--Puritanism in the Northeast, Spanish Catholic missions in the Southwest--which nevertheless has hardly produced any major doctrinally religious...
...pictures of his family. He concentrates, trying to put a finer point on his notion of divinity. A verse he's heard in church comes to mind, but all he can remember are fragments. "All souls may..." his voice trails off "...to seek the truth in love..." He is silent for a moment. His brain has failed him. Then inspiration strikes. "Maybe I can pick it up from the Web." In a single motion, he swivels his chair 180[degrees] and makes fluid contact with his IBM Thinkpad...
...also defended the integrity of the process used in deciding the Honig case and said it was his duty to remain silent on the specifics of the case...
Interrupted by silent sobs and pregnant pauses, a grisly tale of torture unfolded as Tibetan monk and former political prisoner Bhakdo told his story to about 30 people in Emerson hall last night...