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Word: quietness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long ago, Jeffords was the Republican that the Bush and Reagan White Houses loved to hate. But last week old sins were forgiven. Senate minority leader Robert Dole, sensing he had Clinton cornered for the first time, hurriedly flew to Burlington Wednesday to attend one of Jeffords' quiet, $20- a-head, appetizer-and-Chablis fund raisers that are typical of Vermont's small-town politics. What wasn't typical was that more than a dozen reporters and seven television crews attended too, in the hope of seeing Dole close the deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now Comes Porklock | 4/26/1993 | See Source »

...faculty at Harvard, long a quiet and even invisible constituency, are moving strongly toward greater activism, openness and organization...

Author: By Melissa Lee and Anna D. Wilde, S | Title: Gay Faculty Become Activists | 4/23/1993 | See Source »

...issues of concern to gay, bisexual and lesbian professors, even if they do not involve public protests, can mobilize quiet action like the issue of domestic partnership has, some professors said...

Author: By Melissa Lee and Anna D. Wilde, S | Title: Gay Faculty Become Activists | 4/23/1993 | See Source »

Maybe the next bus ride back won't be so quiet...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: HARVARD ULTIMATE FRISBEE LIVES | 4/23/1993 | See Source »

After that, all was quiet until Desharnais stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth. With a forceful, solid swing, she hit the ball into deep right field and sent two of her teammates across home plate...

Author: By Aimee C. Pease, | Title: Two One-Run Wins for Softball | 4/20/1993 | See Source »

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