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Word: silents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Congress, but developers and builders and so forth -- who wanted to keep programs that I wanted to get rid of because I thought they were wasteful. I think about the names I've been called in this town. I've been called Stepin Fetchit, I've been called Silent Sam, Mr. Mayor.* I've been called Svengali. It shows what people will do. To be popular, you must have a lot of programs, a lot of money for everybody, including the builders and developers and consultants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silent Sam Speaks Up | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

Linden has explored the complex and sometimes tragic relationships between humans and nature in several books, including Silent Partners, which considers the implications of language experiments with apes. For this week's article Linden spent ten days crisscrossing the region by air, water and land to assess the Amazon's chances for survival. Says Linden: "The question is whether the concern everyone now has about the environment will translate into meaningful action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Sep 18 1989 | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

Courting the Silent Majority...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Change Is a Certainty in a Wide Open Race | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

Courting the Silent Majority...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Change Is a Certainty in a Wide Open Race | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

...year-old girl--who has served 15 zillion balls since she was 15 months old and began her 15 million dollars worth of tennis lessons--wants to serve. So we'd appreciate it if those 15 thousand ladies and gentlemen watching this Stadium match would please be silent. As for the 15 hundred boors who would like to get up from their seats or return to the seats they so rudely vacated earlier, please stay put for the next 15 minutes until the next changeover or enjoy the company of 15 burly ushers who will escort you from the premises...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: "Quiet, the Bor-meister is Serving" | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

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