Word: calm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crowley's full clarinet tone. But what is most important in this piece, and what many experienced performers fail to capture, is the atmosphere, the ambiance, Mozart creates--that rarefied, beatific feeling which is irradiated by the man who Has Seen It All. This performance caught the Olympian calm of the Trio so beautifully that it belied the artists...
...court. The Congress refused to lift his immunity or impeach the Senator -which Bordaberry last week cited as justification for his action. (Erro, luckily, was in Buenos Aires on a lecture tour at the time of the coup and thereby escaped arrest.) At week's end, an uneasy calm prevailed in Uruguay. Bordaberry imposed strict censorship, ordered schools and universities closed through July 20, and banned public meetings for political purposes. There were rumors, however, of developing resistance. The powerful National Workers Federation called for a general strike, and 500,000 laborers walked off their jobs. Telephone operators accepted...
...examining the witness. I am an old country lawyer and I don't know the finer ways to do it. I just have to do it my way." The Senate Caucus Room broke into loud applause, before Republican Baker smoothly interrupted to divert attention from the argument and calm the committee mood. Yet as the stakes grow higher, more such partisan displays are certain to break...
...talks over with her father how to handle the thorniest questions, and she has faced down more than one interviewer with the icy calm and official poise only a politician's-perhaps only a President's-daughter can so effectively command...
...Athens, the atmosphere was uneasily calm. For the present, at least, Strongman George Papadopoulos has won out. Said one Western diplomat: "Once the colonels got through the first 24 hours, they were home free." If the mutiny had spread throughout the armed forces, the regime would have been in dire straits...