Word: calm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from attacking women; that, in My Lai, Conti had threatened to shoot a woman's baby if she refused to submit; that Conti hated Calley and wanted "to see Lieut. Calley hang, Kay elicited only denials on these points, but he did manage to shake Conti's calm. When Kay persisted about Conti's supposed quest for women on the day of the shootings, asking, "You found one, didn't you?" Conti replied: "This was later in the day, up by the river way beyond My Lai 4." The defense also underscored a discrepancy between Conti...
...costs, we will hold the situation-this calm, this peace-until we succeed the aims of the revolution of the government...
...past experience, there is no reason to expect that an SDS forum would be conducted in a manner conducive to serious and rational discussion." This appears to mean, not that the SDS people are incapable of logical debate, but that they probably would not conduct the meeting in a calm and rational manner. Would an objective person, one not committed for or against the CFIA, misrepresent the CFIA's position so casually...
...only thinking of a quick and powerful victory. All-American foiler Tom Keller, on the other hand, floats onto the strip as a spiritualist. Unlike most fencers, Keller does not prepare for a match by using calisthenics; he does Hatha yoga postures. "They loosen me up, and calm me down. I want to eliminate all distractions before I walk out on the strip. I also float and dance because I'm a vegetarian, and I don't feel as sluggish," Keller said...
When things started getting hot, though, some Panther leaders went around and told everybody to keep calm and go home. We learned, they said, you can't fight the U.S. Army with bottles and rocks...