Word: soft-spoken
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...forceful opinion. Soon after the bombs fell on Baghdad, the topic came up in April 2003 as Ratzinger talked with fellow Cardinals Carlo Maria Martini of Italy and Paul Poupard of France at an intimate Vatican diplomatic reception. A Church official present that evening remembers the typically soft-spoken German shaking his fists, and blurting out in Italian: "Basta! Basta!" Enough! Enough...
...starter set for anyone intimidated by the world of comics jargon and history.“Whether you’re six or 60, you should be able to come in here and find something you like,” says Tony F. Davis ’84, the soft-spoken owner of Picnic.Apparently, people have found things they’ve liked—the store has been around since 1974, making it one of the oldest comics shops in the country.The store is small, but every wall and crevice has a different kind of literature that you could...
...Palestinians, Erez is a chokepoint where only a lucky few can exit from Gaza, usually for medical emergencies. Bassam al-Wahedi, 26, a tall, soft-spoken journalist, was one of them. He had gone blind in one eye because of a retinal illness, and surgery at a Jerusalem hospital was his only hope of regaining sight in that eye. Since Gaza is denied all but basic humanitarian needs under an international boycott of Hamas, many complicated surgeries are no longer done there...
...produce outdoor "explosion events," using fireworks to create spectacles on the ground and in the sky that he related to Taoist ideas about destruction and transformation. By now, Cai (pronounced Sigh) is an old master of blast art. Which is funny, because at 50, he's a soft-spoken man with a modest manner. It's his art that makes noise...
...music producer obsessed with adding “more cowbell” to songs. After his performance, a cast member dressed as a buxom bumblebee produced the “Pudding Pot” trophy and presented it to Walken with a kiss on the cheek. Walken was soft-spoken. He said that he was genuinely honored to be chosen by the Pudding. “I’ve actually known about this award for a long time,” he said. “I’m amazed and thrilled.” Before taking...