Word: silents
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Kennedy enclave at Hyannisport, Mass.-usually swarming with dogs, children, bicycles and softball teams-was strangely silent last week. The bright green lawns stretching from Jack's and Brother Bob's homes to Father Joe's oceanfront manse were deserted...
...killed in a gun battle with bandits, Tibbett grew up in Los Angeles, sang in the high school glee club, earned small fees singing at funerals. After serving in World War I, he embarked on a professional acting career, but soon found himself singing the musical prologues to silent films at Hollywood's old Grauman Theater. On borrowed money he traveled to New York, auditioned for the Met twice before he was signed to a $60-a-week contract. He was just 26, and it was not until two years later that his name hit the headlines in Falstaff...
Though a Soviet cruiser radioed last week that it was joining the search, U.S. military men wondered whether the SAC plane was yet another victim of the cold war's silent battle in the skies...
Foot & Jeep. The next day Léopoldville was a dead city. Shops and offices were closed, and the 15-story skyscrapers stood empty and silent. The deserted streets were patrolled by mutineers on foot or in Jeeps. From hunting for "invading Russians," the soldiers turned to hunting down their former officers-particularly those who were Flemings (i.e., Belgians whose language is related to Dutch), who have always been unpopular with the Congolese for their fancied relation to the South African Boers, whose language is derived from Dutch. Invading the main hotels along the Boulevard Albert, the soldiers drove...
Though Raab remained diplomatically silent through Nikita's tirades, the Austrian people made their feelings plain. Most boycotted Khrushchev's public appearances; special Masses were held for the "silent Church" behind the Iron Curtain. "A demagogue is using Austria as a base for propaganda rockets," cried the Vienna daily Express...