Word: calm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...originally scheduled for April 7, but something caused a delay. Perhaps it was political hesitation, or maybe the onset of unseasonable thunderstorms. The Cyprus attacks could have ended any political wavering. Besides, the weather turned pleasant, the seas became calm...
...probably as many members inside Pontiac as on the streets. After the fatal rumble, most prisoners were kept "on deadlock"−that is, in their cells all day as well as all night. Only this month were the final 200 inmates released from deadlock. With the return to comparative calm, TIME Correspondent Joseph Boyce was admitted to Pontiac and talked with inmate leaders about the killings and what might happen next. His report...
Thieu did well during his stay, and his calm self-confidence made some points that enhanced his image both in the U.S. and back home. But in terms of political and economic commitment from the U.S., he may have got something less than what he had hoped for. A communique issued after his talks with Nixon said that the two men had reached "full consensus," which in diplomatic language means less than "full agreement...
Complaints from the professional theater operators last year centered on the activities of Quincy Cinema Guild, Films Across the River, and the Graduate Student Association Series. This year's relative calm is due less to the Council's actions than to the less aggressive tactics of the individual film societies' chairmen. "We didn't have any problems this year," says Charles Wooley, president of Quincy Cinema Guild, "because I checked the schedule with the theater managers personally...
From the Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam, three Somali envoys ventured forth to survey the battlefront. They found nothing whatever happening. Finally, with characteristic panache, General Amin himself toured the border and announced proudly that everything was "peaceful and calm" once more. Back in Dar, a Tanzanian spokesman summed up the wole affair as "utter nonsense." To which watchers of Amin might add "Amen...