Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city still dependent on U.N. humanitarian shipments. Still, it does provide the first chance in almost two years for ordinary Sarajevans to leave the city and travel to other parts of the country. In spite of occasional sniper fire, they have already seized on the cease-fire's relative quiet to go out, shop, relax in parks and cafes...
...they were no more than projections of the photographer's own dilemmas, Avedon's pictures would be less compelling than they are. His portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Samuel Beckett command attention because's Monroe's baffled abjection and Beckett's quiet endurance correspond to states of mind familiar enough to most people. And the affectless pictures of oil-rig workers and cowboys and drifters that Avedon made in the western U.S., a place that still holds some of its mythic power as a land of opportunity, are a powerful representation of everyone's worst fears of disappointment...
Just a 15-minute bike ride from Oak Bluffs lies Vineyard Haven. This somewhat quiet town is the home of many excellent beds and breakfast which can be enjoyed off-season for less than 50 dollars a night...
...plan is not going to keep the undergraduates quiet, says Undergraduate Council President Carey W. Gabay...
...enough that you wreak havoc in your own environment--wherever that may be? Must you corrupt this University's hallowed temple of knowledge, Widener Library? Hary Elkins is surely rolling in his watery grave. Please, at least have the courtesy to be quiet so that you and your study partner do not disturb others who want to research in peace. I am worried about you, Captain. Your "extracurriculars" must be taking time away from your studies. Please accept some responsibility. For instance, I see that you did not send a photo of yourself, like I had asked you last week...