Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Quiet diplomacy is not always handled by colorless bureaucrats. GIANDOMENICO PICCO, the dashing U.N. envoy credited with freeing the hostages, has a certain James Bond quality that has Hollywood panting. Already considering book offers, Picco is now being courted by movie studios eager to portray the glamorous negotiator at work...
...Brooklyn bagel shop where he worked, was widely reported to be the first innocent bystander to die. But government officials tell TIME that the dead teen has since become a suspect in a homicide that may or may not be Mob connected. After Speranza's death, things were eerily quiet until last week, when a 62-year-old Colombo captain named Nicholas (Nicky Black) Grancio became the highest-ranking rubout of all. Grancio, whom sources describe as a "peacemaker," was whacked while sitting in his Toyota Land Cruiser...
...flood-control planners and straining the complex system of dams, reservoirs and levees along major waterways like the Brazos. The Texas floods were inevitable because of the size of the downpour that fell on an already soaked region. But their destructiveness was multiplied when runoffs from unexpected points turned quiet creeks into torrents. In Brazoria County, Oyster Creek flooded and combined with the Brazos to create a lake nine miles wide and up to 50 ft. deep...
...military command solidifying Serb dominance led to fresh worries that the army might not fully support the cease-fire. As the U.N. dispatched observers over the weekend to monitor the fragile peace, the truce appeared to be holding. Said a European diplomat in Zagreb: "Every quiet day is a great gift; we've all learned to be modest in our hopes...
...stressing because I've got three exams coming up in a row. I'm not very happy about it," said Jennifer K. Sun '93, who found a quiet place to study in the Leverett House dining hall. "It's kind of crammed because I didn't budget my time very well over break...