Word: silents
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...shroud darker than those found at other universities. Many members of the Board of Overseers, who ultimately voted on the final recommendation, did not know until the very end who the candidates were or how far the search had progressed. Those who did know were required to keep silent. There are merits to a confidential procedure, especially in the late stages. But the level of secrecy during the last presidential search was excessive...
...Battle Hymn of the Republic 2. In the Mood 3. Little Things Mean a Lot 4. Shanty in Old Shanty Town 5. White Christmas 6. Silent Night 7. Green Door 8. San Antonio Rose 9. Love Me Tender 10. Oh, Johnny...
There are 88 more men waiting to be made special. They've got their own building with their own lawyers' meeting room, which has a mural of an eagle and another of Scooby-Doo. Everyone spends all day on his bed, silent, reading the Bible or playing chess against a neighbor he can't see except for the hand that reaches through the bars into the hall to move pieces. Jenny Jones is on the TV, and she is looking good, but no one looks. Instead the inmates study the Bible, which they know better than some preachers...
...anxiety--tests, games, dates --was a chance to invoke Jesus. Up North, if I had seen a group of girls clutched together and whispering, it was a clear sign of gossip. Here it was a prayer circle, and there were boys in it too, holding hands, heads down, powerfully silent. To an outsider who had yet to make many friends, the prayer circles had some compelling advantages. If you aimed your point of entry correctly, you could hold hands with a certain Ann or Julie and get feverish with her and want what she wanted, if just for a little...
...confident enough not to need the Tall Clubs International, but I do like to know that it's out there. I much prefer the unspoken bonds I have with my fellow tall person--the subway nods, the silent empathy, the knowing gazes...