Word: silents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...count on Morgan, who had only one hit in the National League playoffs, went to 1-2 before he lined the next pitch over the right-center fence. The huge crowd in Memorial Stadium went silent...
...Louis's assertion notwithstanding, I did not sum up my advice in one phrase ("kick ass") nor did the audience remain "stonily silent." In fact, the session was characterized by animated discussion and strong disagreement among some members of the police audience, the panel on which I served, members of the general audience, and myself. It is likely that many of us who were there did not then agree on the focus of the debate. It is even less likely that we would reach such a consensus...
...that Soviet leaders would duly note that Reagan had not sought harsh retaliatory penalties against the U.S.S.R. because of the shooting down of a South Korean airliner by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor, despite all the condemnatory rhetoric out of Washington. And Soviet President Yuri Andropov had remained publicly silent about the air atrocity, leading some in the Administration to wonder whether he might wish to pick up Reagan's cue and offer some fresh arms control proposals of his own. But when Andropov finally did issue a statement last week (he has not appeared in public for more...
With the guns of Lebanon finally silent, the Marines for the first time in more than a month could move around without flak jackets and helmets. Uniforms were being cleaned, and officers at the 1,200-man Marine compound at Beirut International Airport were again conducting inspections of weapons and barracks. In Washington, Congress found it easier to approve a compromise that allows the Reagan Administration to keep the Marines there for an additional 18 months. A reluctant House of Representatives passed the measure, 270 to 161, while an even less enthusiastic Senate endorsed it, 54 to 46. The debate...
...Peace Movement and was later raped by the men who had killed her husband. The children in the class are more confused than appalled; the teacher's superior politely suggests that she has reached the age of retirement. In a similar tale, a woman refuses to keep silent about another Protestant-Catholic bloodletting. Her embarrassed companions believe she is overwrought and exaggerating...