Word: taciturn
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...Cincinnati Reds. After two seasons, the Reds shipped Johnson to the Angels last year-even though he had hit .312 and .315. Pegged as a malcontent and a troublemaker, Alex has frequently distressed his managers by casual defensive play and refusal to run out ground balls. A proud, taciturn black man, Johnson enigmatically credits his unhappiness to "racial slights and insults both on and off the field...
...also broken the taciturn image of so many administrators by taking political stands on national issues. In recent years, her name has appeared occasionally in papers as the signer of letters protesting the war in Indochina. "It's a rare request I say yes to, but when I feel I know the group that is writing and that it can do some good, I will sign a statement," she said...
...even using a light plane equipped with an infra-red camera to detect buried decomposing bodies. By week's end two more corpses had been found near the banks of the Feather River; the total stood at 25. The only suspect in the case, Juan Corona, 37, a taciturn farm-labor contractor, was arraigned in Sutler County Courthouse and charged with ten counts of murder (he will be charged with more when the remaining bodies are identified). He remained calm; in his behalf, his lawyer pleaded not guilty to each of the charges...
...staff was treated to clear evidence of his delight with the House defeat of funds for the big plane: from inside his suite in the New Senate Office Building could be heard the voice of the usually taciturn Proxmire singing Bill from the old musical Show Boat. His office reflects his personal style-sparsely furnished, its green walls completely devoid of pictures or decorations. The only homey touch is the hot plate used to make his breakfast at the office after his 4.8-mile run-not a jog-to the office and 200 pushups. At 55, Proxmire is nearly...
...first act of Loot was extremely funny; the equally clever machinations in act two seemed pallid and a bit too taciturn by comparison. This can be attributed to the dulling of one's ability to be shocked, when the same sort of ludicrous out-rage is repeated again and again. Sex and religion, which rank after death as targets of Orton's jesting, also reach a point of diminishing returns after the first machine-gun fire of jokes. Lines such as "God is a gentleman. He prefers blonds," or Truscott's "I wasn't expecting pharaohs" to Hal's cowering...