Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Earlier this month, when only a relative handful of Haitians were attempting the sea trek, some members of Congress asked Bush to allow some of the refugees into the U.S. on a temporary basis. The legislators reasoned that such a quiet humanitarian gesture would ease the painful effects of the embargo without encouraging others to flee. The Administration shelved the suggestion, though it did launch a perfunctory effort to persuade Haiti's democratic neighbors to resettle some of the refugees. Belize agreed to take 100 boat people -- if they tested negative for the AIDS virus. Honduras, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago...
Warden was just going back for seconds on both hotcakes and eggs when this blast shuddered by under the floor and rattled the cups It had become very quiet and everybody had stopped eating and looked up at each other...
Even the Boathouse Bar on JFK St. seems quiet. One resident has called the establishment one of "the four most notorious bars in the state"--Grendel's, the Harvard Square Sports Club and Shay's are the others...
...quiet is deceiving. In recent years local residents have been on a crusade against the bars in Harvard Square...
...mean to sound flip," Kuelzer said, "But this is the downtown area, and you can't expect it to be like a quiet suburban street...