Benjamin was a quiet boy. For much of the time, his parents were busy working in his father's store.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

I've read a lot of research in this area about the importance of quiet times whether it's in a class, in a lecture, whether it is at home, whether it is for a leader in the business, for relationship, for children starting from pre-schools.

关于安静时刻的重要性，无论是课堂里，讲座里，还是家中，无论是对公司领导，爱情关系，甚至学龄前儿童。

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The woman of action was ordered to remain quiet for months in a dark room, or become blind.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

And then we drop in on parties." Some families like to take it easy on January first and enjoy a quiet day of rest.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

He called for "normalcy" -- a new period of peace and quiet, with few changes.

VOA: special.2010.12.16

On a sunny morning in eighteen fifty, however,the men of Roaring Camp were quiet.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

But earlier this month, the Indian government said it will launch a new round of "quiet diplomacy" with Kashmiri separatists.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Questions have been raised about his handling of sex abuse cases and whether he had a role in keeping them quiet.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

The sewing machines are quiet now, but soon the owners hope, 3,000 pairs of boots a day will be produced here.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

And several times a year, a generally quiet part of town with no big buildings or yachts comes alive with a flourish.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

I had left London town for the village of Downe and a home that is quiet and regal.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Australia's newest natural burial site sits in a quiet corner at Kemps Creek, on the edge of Sydney.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"I'm a kind of pretty quiet, private person,and it's hard for me to share with others.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

Across the border in Mexico, the quiet town of Naco receives a steady flow of border crossers who have been arrested and deported from the U.S.side.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Compared to the well-known seismic areas like the Pacific Rim, the Caribbean seems geologically quiet, but this area where tectonic plates meet has a long history of earthquakes, tsunamis,and volcanoes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

All of the rabbis come from the close-knit and wealthy Sephardic Jewish communities of southern New Jersey and Brooklyn and the arrests have put the spotlight on a usually quiet community.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

In nearby Saudi Arabia, which is an important player as well as a key moral force in the Arab and Islamic world, there appeared to be a quiet sense of enjoyment over the news.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09