Sentences with phrase «speak more quietly»

She recalls, for example, being asked in a departmental meeting to speak more quietly.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Not to mention that being told to sit quietly, submissively, and above all, not to show your anger, is one of the major ways that women have been pushed down and marginalized in our culture (which, I would suggest, is a strong contributing factor to the kind of feedback you have been receiving for your recent posts - you were far nicer to Mark or Donald or whoever than many of us guys have been to them over the years, and yet you seemed to receive far more criticism for speaking up - i.e. not just for what you said, but for the very fact that you said anything at all - than we would have).

The particularly extraverted child who never stops to think before speaking is actually more likely to offend people unintentionally than one who listens and sits quietly rather than rushing into everything.

But Ms. Quinn noted she'd been working with the administration more quietly over the last several weeks — she «could not work more closely» with them, in fact, and she'd «been given nothing but the highest level of access» to the people with whom she needed to speak.

The collection was another way station on the designer's peculiar progress to a kind of peace, where his clothes speak quietly to more and more people.

Daniel Craig (the next James Bond) is fantastic as the «most ruthless» of the killers and the multitalented Mathieu Kassovitz (director of La Haine) great as the more quietly spoken bomb expert.

Quietly taken the paper from the student — placed her hand on the paper to disturb the writing — ignored him and moved on with the lesson — spoken quietly in his ear — spoken more firmly that time was up — spoken loudly that he was holding up the class and hope peer pressure would kick in... Any number of alternate reactions could have created a different response — or the saQuietly taken the paper from the student — placed her hand on the paper to disturb the writing — ignored him and moved on with the lesson — spoken quietly in his ear — spoken more firmly that time was up — spoken loudly that he was holding up the class and hope peer pressure would kick in... Any number of alternate reactions could have created a different response — or the saquietly in his ear — spoken more firmly that time was up — spoken loudly that he was holding up the class and hope peer pressure would kick in... Any number of alternate reactions could have created a different response — or the same one.

He's much more quietly spoken than you might imagine, his handshake firm without threatening to crush your knuckles the way so many other race drivers do.

I suppose some authors might quietly plot to stuff things into their books to torture future English students, but generally speaking I think authors are more interested in 1) making whatever point they're trying to make, and 2) selling books.

The first British — probably the first European — artist to become aware of Pollock's innovations and take on the challenge of «action painting», the quietly spoken but formidable Scot forged his own expressive path that was less an imitation of Pollock more, as fellow artist Peter Doig put it recently, «like an expanded Paul Klee... but much more physical, much more visceral.»

If there is one good thing that has come out of this election it is the inspiration for more feminist art — art that speaks to women across this country and says, «We will not sit quietly.»

He spoke so quietly, I could tell this was going to be more than the usual chat about our day.