Word: quiet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...desegregate Nashville's lunch counters in 1958, King, right, brought in James Lawson, a student of Gandhi's, to train protesters in nonviolence. But the most dramatic act of quiet defiance belonged to Rosa Parks, below, being fingerprinted in 1955. Her refusal to give up a seat in a Montgomery, Ala., bus galvanized the civil rights movement and boosted King's leadership...
...tossing her a wide variety of obscene gestures as we drive away. The soldier we've got is named Jordan; he's doing the mandatory military service--two years--and is heading home for the weekend. Maela was in Cienfuegos with friends and is going home too. He's quiet, but she's bubbly, and through the countryside we roll...
...Colorado. He recalls that Carruth, who majored in English, shied away from bars, preferring to read or attend the theater. Carruth also avoided the media, often refusing to give any interviews. "In our family, an empty wagon makes the most noise," says his mother Theodry Carruth, explaining his quiet demeanor. She claims he was ready to turn himself in but "fled because he got poor legal advice and he was scared." The Panthers took a harsher view of Carruth's actions and released him. "This thing is beyond football," says coach George Seifert. "Look at the lives that have been...
...quiet New Year's Eve at home is starting to sound better and better...
Reynolds Price offers a simple solution to the din of millennium madness: respond to the quiet voice of Jesus [RELIGION, Dec. 6]. Price eloquently rewrites the Gospel in words too plain to miss. His work shows that an individual's honest approach will not be turned away. This is one of TIME's most powerful pieces. DENNIS MISNER Grants Pass...