Word: silents
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...begins to speak. He is not a man with a loud voice. In the noise of the crowd it is impossible to hear what he says, even from 4 feet away. He stands outside the car for 10 seconds, moving his mouth like a character in a silent film. And having seen him speak--not having heard a word he said--the rabid crowd calms and parts...
Tiger Woods should thank his lucky stars that things have played out the way they have for him [SPORTS, Aug. 14]. He should stay silent about having to confront any real-world challenges like living from paycheck to paycheck. His brilliant smile and golf game are magic, though. Life is easier and more fun because he's around. THOMAS JIRGENSOHN Albuquerque...
...Back in 1990 or so I was doing a bunch of [comic] strips with a mouse character, which were silent strips - no words at all, and I was getting pretty tired of it. Occasionally when I get tired of doing something I will interject a gag strip to alleviate the tension of doing something over and over again. And I did strip that was called "Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth," that was sort of a parody of a "smart kid" strip in the Depression era. Then when I ceased doing the dumb mouse stuff I was stuck for something...
...their wives, geezers and geezerettes next to minor Pooh-bahs and nabobs yakking on cell phones. Snatches of French and German drifted by, and Japanese, and Minnesotan ("So you think it's going to be a long time then? Or no?"). And all of us praying the same continuous silent prayer to the Great Internist to let the tests come out clean and please no colonoscopy today...
...strap one to your desk, and it's time for blast-off, right? Pretty much. The Cube is just as speedy as its larger G4 cousin. It's also shockingly silent, thanks to Apple's fan-free liquid cooling system--a technology that has clearly undergone some improvement since it was first used in the iMac last year. Back then, the casing got so hot you could fry an egg on it; the Cube is much better at keeping its cool...