Word: quiet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Declaring the dance was mainly a demonstration, the officers of the Association go on to say that they have only begun and that a "quiet but vigorous" campaign will continue. Quite a few contributions have already been received and many more are expected with in the next few weeks. Just what the next move will be was not disclosed...
...Further investigation has revealed the administration's attitude as untenable technically as it is incredible morally. We shall continue with renewed energy a quiet but vigorous campaign within the University for contributions to the general debt fund. So far as we are concerned, we have just begun...
...duty to be brief and vague. All despatches from the scene were studiously played down by British editors. Example: "Several Englishmen and two Somalis were gravely injured by knives and razors. . . . The whole police force of North Shields became engaged and was forced to charge time and again before quiet was restored. Even then the police were able with much difficulty to prevent the lynching of several Somalis who had fallen among rough hands...
...bishop to recognize such a man in his diocese, Bishop Abbott last week went to a meeting in Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington; characterized the sentence of a reprimand as "absurd." Then he astounded his colleagues by resigning his Bishopric. Afterwards he donned knickers and an eyeshade, sought the quiet golf links. Said he: "So far as I am concerned, the Roman Catholic issue made no difference. . . . It was merely a question of the honor and integrity of an ordained priest...
...authority on backgammon is Grosvenor Nicholas, Manhattan clubman, retired wine importer. Last week his book, issued in 1928 when nobody cared, enjoyed high sales. Backgammoner Nicholas himself, urbane, quiet-spoken, contradicted his own contention that there is no skill in the game by winning, in one afternoon, 35 games of backgammon in a club (New York Racquet & Tennis) where sometimes 1,000 games are played a day. Writes he: "It is unnecessary to preserve silence, always so depressing. The disturbing presence of the fair sex . . . is never unwelcome. Where there is no concentration, there can be no distraction...