Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...since the beginning of the decade, without a contentious issue on which to focus, overseers elections have been uncannily quiet...
...they can continue to communicate with the American public in a kind of interactive way, where they could answer letters and respond to critics. It would begin immediately as soon as they gave me the go-ahead, and go on indefinitely." Guccione, who described the Unabomber as sounding "subdued, quiet, quick, tentative" during their 15-second conversation, says he also received a four-page letter, half of its contents exclusively sent to him, which he will publish in the October issue of Penthouse...
...Batman Forever," which opened in many cities last weekend, broke all box office records, drawing more crowds than even "Jurassic Park." While the last part of the Batman trilogy many not be able to boast the same pastoral cinematography, it is worlds more suspenseful than this quiet drama...
While the film has been shunned by most teenageers, it has nonetheless become a quiet success, drawing huge older audiences...
...into thesame social group. In a way, it seemed we werefriends by default. The lack of congenial society,as it turned out, was not to be solved by tryingto meet people in the house. At least, not for me.The atmosphere at North simply did not suit me; itwas a quiet and studious house when I knew it.Many of my neighbors spent their Friday nightswatching "Star Trek" reruns, playing foosball, orstudying in the dining halls. This isn't for me, Iwould think. Then there were people in the housewho did go out--but feverishly, with missionlikeimportance. Not really me, either...