Word: calm
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...calendars, Bolshevism would be supreme? And now comes this new decision to undermine the reserve power of Western Europe and of America, ostensibly in preparation for the day of the great upheaval. Anyone but Nikolai Lenine would be awed by the enormity of the proposal thus given with such calm assurance--at least would keep secret a policy so easy to defeat; not so the Premier. He spreads the news abroad and invites the nations to come and deliver themselves into his hands...
...generation might still have been groping vaguely in the darkness. But they bore the torch unflinchingly, and passed it on glowing yet brighter than before. The torch now is ours, and it is we who must lift it high--not with strife, and bickering, and gloomy forebodings, but with calm trust and steadfast purpose. This is our heritage--this is our duty on the stage of life; that courage, truth, and light shall dwell forever in the land of the Pilgrims...
...Duane '23 is the type of high-strung temperamental player; at times exhibiting remarkable brilliancy and then again sinking into wild spells of erraticness. He commands a great variety of strokes, one of his best being a very deceptive backhand drive. His nervousness and lack of cool, calm judgment handicaps him considerably and is not conducive to good team-work in doubles...
...Choir. Hassler Adagio (Sixth Symphony), Professor Davison. Widor Vere Languores Lotti O Sacrum Convivium, The University Choir and the King's Chapel Choir. Viadana Chorale in A minor, Professor Davison. Franck Peritt autem fulgebunt, Mendelssohn Praestat hoe nobis The University Choir and the King's Chapel Choir. Chadwick Evening Calm, Rheinberger Finale. Vierne Professor Davison...
...agog with sycophancy and scandal; nothing is left out. Beauty and the Bull, colors and shrugs flashing lavishly excited and Latin, speech a sparkle and--everybody throws physic to the dogs. For this, let it be urged, is a DeCanterbury Pilgrimage, and there is Wine, of course. Be calm, and imagine Josefina, the Governor's Wife, asking her husband's over attentive secretary for a glass of water. The secretary is consistent and thoughtful and makes charming mistakes. . . . She drinks...