• For example, I'm typing this editorial on a quiet Sunday afternoon from a leather chair in the den of my house.

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  • President Obama, a hero in black America as the first black president, has been remarkably quiet on this issue until recently.

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  • Krugman is one of the most influential economists of our time, but it looks to me like he has been largely quiet on this issue.

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  • Live on a quiet street in this 1-bedroom, 1-bath unit located in a 12-unit Hartford building.

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  • Iranian human-rights activists often complain that the world's attention is fixated on this standoff while they say the regime continues a quiet war on internal dissent.

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  • The cast of characters building to the punch line is in constant flux, but as it happens, this is the group gathered around a kitchen table on a quiet street in Bethesda, Maryland, one night this past spring.

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  • This is suburban London on a quiet day in May 2013.

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  • There's no trade embargo keeping you from this Cuban paradise nestled on a quiet stretch of the city's River Walk, especially with a half-off Havanese holiday right here at home.

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  • We had got used to big-name foreign stars arriving at the start of each season but this year has been incredibly quiet on that front and the global economic situation means there haven't been any 'Galactico' signings.

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  • What Twitter objected to was not being able to inform Appelbaum that they were doing that, and they did publicize that they were asked to do this, but everybody has gotten quiet on what happened next, so apparently they did turn over the logs.

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  • As governor, Perry, the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, has supported privatizing everything from public lands to highways, but according to Scott Henson, a criminal-justice watchdog who runs the blog Grits for Breakfast, the governor had remained largely quiet on the prisons issue until this year.

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  • Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) and Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and a handful of others, for example, have launched laudable work on this count in the Senate, pulling together small, quiet dinners with legislators from both sides of the aisle who are strong in principles but equally strong in their commitment to moving the ball forward for the country.

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  • If senior party figures and councillors are feeling a sense of foreboding about what might happen to the party at the local elections on May 3rd, then it was kept very quiet during this weekend's event.

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  • Since then, Benetton has been relatively quiet on the global stage for 20 years and this front foot forward attitude from a can do brand like Benetton defines them as a self styled maverick with great strengths from racing cars and fashion through to a phalanx of good deeds in conscious commerce that is matched by little tolerance for tedium.

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  • This building, tucked behind an arts and crafts bungalow on a quiet avenue in Palo Alto, is easily the most famous garage in the world.

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  • Our headquarters here in Woodcliff Lake is a very quiet place today as we all reflect on the loss of this good and wonderful man.

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  • Whether you choose to party until dawn on the Vegas Strip or just sip cocktails and soak in sunsets beside Ravella's quiet lagoon, you'll be living la dolce vita on this escape.

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  • Despite the thousands on the streets of cities, a survey earlier this week had suggested many people were planning a quiet evening in.

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  • In this tense breathing-space before the vote, the country is relatively quiet, though on October 1st, for instance, there was a fierce clash between the fledgling national army and one of the armed groups that are still resisting government authority in the east.

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  • "This is a place that the whole world is watching, so of course it seems quiet on the surface, " said Nam, who guides tours to Panmungak.

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  • Save this list for a quiet time when you can plan for next year, and try to take on one or more projects from this list.

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