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Word: silents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Suddenly four more teen-agers in red berets emerge from the shadows at the other end of the dark platform. They are silent. But at the sight of them the wolves leave their victim, disappearing at a run down the track toward the next station, their shouted obscenities echoing back through the tunnel. As the Curtis rescued man tries to say thanks, his words are drowned in the roar of an oncoming train. He gets aboard, shakily waving one hand at his young rescuers in a half salute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: The Magnificent 13 | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...network of underground silos where missiles can be randomly moved about. New ideas tumble over one another. There are those who are now convinced that the old submariner in Carter is quietly pushing for our major deterrent to be roving under the oceans. We lead the Soviets in that silent world and are rushing ahead with exotic new weapons barely speculated upon. Carter's idealism is being grafted to a more muscular body. But is this process taking place fast enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: It Began with a Cigarette | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...bats of both teams fell silent until late in the contest when Harvard managed the only tally of the first five innings as Bobby Kelley scored from second base after Mark Bingham's topper was mishandled by the first baseman in the third...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Bruins Foil Brownie, 7-4, As Batsmen Split Twinbill | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Grabbing a two-seat advantage off the start, the B.U. lights settled down to a 35-stroke-per-minute cadence sooner than the already trailing Radcliffe crew. Cox Susie Peterson called for a silent power ten on the settle, moving the Crimson back within striking distance. However, B.U. pulled out to a length bulge in the second 500; and the Radcliffe team could not recover, although it moved up on the leaders in the final 250 meters, upping the cadence to 38 and sprinting the last 40 strokes...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: B.U. Scuttles Radcliffe Lightweights | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...crowd marched from the Common to Mayor Kevin White's home in Mount Vernon Square off Charles St. While the demonstrators remained silent during most of the walk, they took up the chant "No More Murders" as they picked on the sidewalk outside White's house. White had left Boston for the weekend and was not at home during the demonstration...

Author: By Cheryl R. Devall, | Title: Women March in Boston, Protest Roxbury Killings | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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