Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quiet a life? Oddly enough, conduct will be shown greater tolerance than talking about it. Simply going to a gay bar or marching in a gay parade would not start up an investigation. But talking about it -- as well as repeated reports of such activity -- would. These hairs are split in a five- page addendum to the proposed policy. While it admonishes commanders not to harass suspected gay soldiers, it also says that overt activities like holding hands and kissing would set off an inquiry. There remains no distinction between behavior on and off base. As a White House official...
...Russians plan to hold a plebiscite this week on the question of regional autonomy -- a move the Estonians have denounced as "unconstitutional." Western governments have voiced concern about growing discrimination against minorities. But the harshest rebuke has come from Moscow, where Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev denounced the law as "quiet apartheid" and "ethnic cleansing in white gloves...
...Tancy observes, "so we said, 'Why not?' " They'll be back. So will Karen Harris, who "wanted to see what all the ruckus was about" and motored in from Wiggins, Colorado, 65 miles away. "Besides," says her husband Craig, "there's nothing to do in Wiggins." Maybe things are quiet in Chadron, Nebraska, too: a farmer there is a regular long-distance commuter to Mile High. After eight hours a day of riding atop his tractor, a Rockies executive heard the farmer say, five hours in his Cadillac feels like a breeze...
Four other guards who have contacted attorneys are keeping quiet as to their legal plans. These guards had said earlier in the year that they would wait for the results of Marshall's investigation before filing any legal action. But with the date of an announcement unclear, these guards say they may not be able to wait that long...
...Very nice and well-spoken mild-mannered, very quiet." -- FRIEND