For a conductor who used to be characterised as intense and, as one observer put it, was "acquiring a reputation as a young man who knew best", at rehearsals in Stockholm he now cuts a relaxed figure, laughing with the orchestra when requesting quieter playing to allow a woodwind line to emerge: "If this poor guy is going to spend his life figuring out this music, we need to hear the melody".
The stadium rumbled, leading to the first of many requests for quiet from the starter as excitement grew over the next 75 minutes.
My polite request for quiet as the cameras were due to roll was met with disparaging responses from the male crew.
The Court stated that the customer's request to quiet down was a foreseeable consequence of Denny's failure to act and that Denny's itself recognized that loud and profane speech often occurred before violence.
For a romantic meal, request a quiet table if they have one (it shouldn't cost anymore to do this or its a sign the restaurant might not give good service anyway).
A trip back to the front desk to request a quieter room led to an offer to upgrade to a suite for an extra $12 a night.
We requested a quieter room, farther from the elevator, and the front desk staff kindly moved us to a wheelchair-accessible room at the end of a hallway, with a bit more space for a crib.
Obama's quiet requests to Israel regarding settlements, a two-state solution, etc., all failed -- not surprising, given that the requests were accompanied by the unchallenged continuation of U.S. military collaboration with Israel, diplomatic protection in the UN and elsewhere, and crucially, the payouts from the $30 BILLION in military aid the Obama administration is providing to Tel Aviv.
Talking of the World Cup, it will be interesting to see whether any quiet requests have been made for some England players to be rested from their clubs' Challenge Cup fourth-round ties next weekend.
While there is some jitter thanks to an older processor, the watch responds quite quickly to spoken requests in a quiet room but has to churn a bit to figure things out at a party or in a noisy area.
He said India was very keen on an early visit by the next Secretary of State, and requested an early, quiet conversation to reassure India about U.S. nonproliferation policy.
