Word: quiteness
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...took place in a little bedroom in the ex-Premier's residence at Athens. Here four doctors examined him and after a muttered consultation in one corner of the room they returned to the bedside and told their patient that he must give up his political duties and quit Athens for his health's sake...
GEORGE CREEL declared that he had been employed by an independent oil operator and when he learned that his services were being paid for by Mr. Doheny had quit at once...
...this aerial activity has disheartened Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the apostle of the "friendly Arctic." Polar exploration is not what it used to be, he laments, and he is going to quit. Modern inventions, safety and comfort have lessened the joy of the venturesome explorer and it is now a humdrum sort of job. Stefansson believes the Shenandoah will attain her goal without mishap...
Hendrik Shipstead, senior Senator from Minnesota: "I quit Washington to spend a few days 'in the woods.' Said I: 'I cannot stand too much civilization. Sooner or later I find I must yield to the desire to go back and live something like primeval man. ... I might say in passing that I consider myself the best cook in 14 States...
John Singer Sargent long ago quit the portrait-painting game, as such. When he makes an exception to his rule, nowadays, the outcome is more than likely to be something compelling-and so may be characterized the presentment of President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University, which at the moment is said to be nearing completion at the hands of Mr. Sargent...