Word: calm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Play remained relatively peaceful, save for twice in the second period when the Crimson broke the calm with goals. Preston charged in from the left, scoring at 10:45, and defenseman Dusty Burke tallied at 13:26 on a pass play to give Harvard a 3 to 1 lead as the teams entered the final period...
...they are from the front porches and backyards of the U.S., they have developed highly sensitive antennae to read the public's mind from afar. Last week the White House listeners heard, or thought they could hear, a solid concurrence in President Truman's calm-and-steady policy of unappeasing firmness toward Russia. But there were other sounds...
Anthony Quinn, as Stella's animal-like husband, has a less complex part to play. He mirrors this nature faultlessly in a lumbering gait and heavy voice. His elemental character is complemented by the similar temperament of his wife. Played with calm and comprehending dignity by Mary Walsh, she becomes a genuine human being who can do nothing to help one whom she loves...
...Fiumicino, the muddy waters of the Tiber merge with the blue Mediterranean. The town's life seems as sluggish as the river, but beneath the apparent calm there is a deep, turbulent rift which sometimes whirls up like an assault of wind-whipped breakers. That rift is symbolized by the tablet in the city hall commemorating Garibaldi's visit in 1849 (after the Republicans had driven the Pope from Rome), and by the blue & white statue of the Virgin Mary in the church...
...Shot Him." Hysterically, Ditty pleaded with Dr. Smith not to tell her father. Paight was still under the anesthetic, and Ditty and her mother went home. Friends later recalled Ditty's strange behavior. She seemed frigidly calm, then unexpectedly snatched up a tumbler and smashed it against a wall. Her later actions were pieced together by witnesses in court last week...