Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Owen planned ahead for Christmas sales, as Baker reflected on the relative quiet of a Pilot Hill Farm without its singing turkeys and as millions of Americans planned their Thanksgiving dinners, this particular turkey headed not for the dinner table but for the White House...
BILL CLINTON HAS SAID HE IS DETERMINED TO BRING THE BEST people into his Administration no matter where he finds them. Quiet discussions immediately after the election dramatically demonstrate his strategy. According to sources close to the situation, Clinton representatives approached Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to see what he would think if Clinton chose JAMES BAKER as his special envoy to manage the Middle East peace talks. Rabin applauded the notion, especially since Baker would lend vital continuity to the delicate negotiations. Baker is said to be fully aware of the exchange...
Compromise is excusable--in fact, it is essential if he expects to get anything done. But indecision is not, especially regarding an explicit campaign promise to a group of people whose support for him would have been ambivalent but for his quiet reassurances. Now that the election is over, we liberals want to see Clinton demonstrate his liberalism...
Rather, they should be encouraged--by quiet reason as well as angry protest--to set up long-term commitments to hire qualified women and minorities in all fields...
...probably one of the most selfless people I know," said teammate Francie Walton. "She was a quiet but effective leader...