• Additionally, these products are specifically engineered to be ultra-quiet, which make them ideal for even the most noise-sensitive working environments.

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  • She said the number of customers - who would "obviously be cat lovers" - would be limited to maintain a "quiet environment" and sleeping cats would be left undisturbed.

    BBC: Totnes cat cafe plan criticised by animal charity

  • Opponents reckon they have colluded in making up optimistic projections about the speed with which airlines will change to yet-to-be-built clean, quiet aircraft.

    ECONOMIST: Business travel

  • But companies seem to be balking at the cost--or keeping quiet out of fear they'd only be making it easier for the other side.

    FORBES

  • During his visit, Mr Powell ruled more or less in Mr Sharon's favour, calling for a slightly-reduced seven-day period of complete quiet, to be followed by the full six-week chill.

    ECONOMIST: Truce or dare | The

  • "My oligarch" has sworn to be quiet and be loyal - and to share out some of his gains - the latter point being critical.

    BBC: NEWS | Have Your Say | Is a new autocratic Russia emerging?

  • Data-wise it will be a quiet week for the markets, too.

    FORBES: Gold Seen Rising Next Week

  • The Quiet experiment led to a different outcome (as depicted in the film): a good amount of exhibitionist sex, a physical altercation between Quiet citizens leading one to be booted from the bunker, a maybe-rape in the communal glass shower while Quiet citizens watched, and mental breakdowns, prompted by constant surveillance.

    FORBES: 'We Live In Public' is not how we live

  • But the electronics industry--which was fairly quiet when the broadcast flag was initially devised--might be more vocal the next time around, says Cindy Cohn, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group.

    FORBES: Red Flags Over Hollywood

  • The engines would have variable nozzles, which would be fully opened on take-off and landing, so that the exhaust would be slow and relatively quiet, and narrowed when the aircraft was cruising, providing the necessary speed.

    ECONOMIST: Green aircraft

  • Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable--and, contrary to modern mores, no music of any kind, no matter how faint.

    FORBES: Set 'Em Up, Joe

  • So some people claim to be puzzled by the quiet talks the easy-going president has started with the heads of the country's main political parties.

    ECONOMIST: Germany

  • Simply put, CES will likely be a quiet show on the mobile side -- there will be plenty of phones to see but only a select few will impress.

    ENGADGET: 's CES 2013 Preview: Smartphones Mobile

  • "Honor killings" -- the slaying by family members of a woman or girl thought to be bringing them shame -- are usually kept quiet, making it difficult to determine how frequently they occur.

    CNN: Dad charged with murdering reluctant bride

  • And so, we're thinking Eli might be, in many ways, the same - a little quiet, unassuming, but actually very much in charge.

    NPR: Eli Manning Takes After Mom

  • Jersey politicians were given some advice on Thursday - it is better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

    BBC: Jersey politicians spend a day talking about themselves

  • Classical-music audiences, for instance, tend to be mostly quiet and strikingly attentive, but also a bit inhibited, perhaps because many of the people who come to concerts are afraid of clapping at the wrong time.

    WSJ: Theatergoers: Can I Get an Amen? | Sightings by Terry Teachout

  • "This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here -- his peers -- within an industry he truly loved, " said Ledger's father, Kim.

    CNN: 'Slumdog' makes history, sweeps Oscars

  • The Sanctuary houses a private pool, reservation-only cabanas and quiet zones, where voice levels must be maintained at only a whisper.

    FORBES: Sanctuary In The Desert: Camelback Inn

  • The rulers are safely pro-American, and the populations can, more or less, be kept quiet.

    ECONOMIST: America and the Arab world

  • The only single purpose here is to secure that population, bring the level of violence down, force the Sunni insurgents to realize that they cannot achieve their political objectives with armed violence, and bring together a reconciliation between the Sunnis and the Shiite-dominated government, which would then quiet the Shiite militias to be sure.

    NPR: Is the Iraq Surge Strategy Working?

  • Soon, owners of pre-1985 cars will get the right to part-exchange their jalopies for a small, quiet, clean auto metropolitano, to be built by General Motors.

    ECONOMIST: Mexico

  • Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, said short-term investors were likely spooked by the idea that the summer months may be another relatively quiet period from the Silicon Valley company.

    WSJ: Apple Snaps Growth Streak as Profit Falls 18%

  • The Workplace Survey identified that while only 22 per cent of managers claim to be unhappy with their immediate physical environment, concerns about a lack of quiet space, under-equipped meeting rooms or inadequate meeting space were high.

    CNN: Be a better boss with the Institute

  • And for stressed-out commuters, a quiet daily commute with a spectacular aerial view of the landmarks could be only five years away.

    CNN: 'Flying taxi' of the future revealed

  • It will be a while before the primary-season politicking really starts to gather momentum in Iowa and in the relatively quiet months that lie ahead the candidates could do worse than pay a visit to Mason City.

    BBC: Optimism and virtue: What the Midwest wants in a leader

  • That moment in the development of a child's mind when the challenge of the task goes head-to-head with the motivation to get it right, where a furrowed brow and shifting eyes mean Be quiet!

    NPR: Seeking Solutions for the Nation's Broken Schools

  • August may be the silly season for newspapers, and traditionally a quiet time in politics, but Plaid Cymru won a by-election in Barry.

    BBC: Another year, another 'historic day for Wales'

  • June was expected to be a quiet time in New York auction houses, a time for the art world to digest the many record-breaking prices set at the May auctions.

    FORBES: Artemis At The Top

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