Word: calm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Relative calm descended with darkness, but tension remained. Some 1,200 sheriff's deputies were summoned to the area. Burglar alarms echoed into the night, and red-lighted sheriff's cruisers prowled the boulevard, while small knots of angry Mexican Americans gathered along barricades set up at the side streets. More than 70 people were arrested. At least 26 demonstrators and 26 deputies were injured; one man was seriously hurt when he was shot in the head as he tried to drive through a blockade and crashed into a utility pole...
...over tactics and duties. "It was like an armed camp," said one aide. "They were threatening to walk out." Blacks on the committee were complaining that the Administration was showing no concern about protecting black teachers and administrators from losing their jobs as dual systems are dissolved. Nixon helped calm down the group in a 30-minute exchange of views...
...rights or the war, I'd get emotional and forget all the facts I had. There were a lot of angry, slam-the-door incidents. I used to be really upset because he was my father and he was supposed to listen to me. But he'd stay very calm and say, 'Come back when you can talk rationally.' Now there is a feeling that we are all individuals and I can talk to my parents as I would to any other person. I think that's a really important relationship to have with your parents...
...coolly watched banks of panels covered with fluttering dials, oscillating graphs and blinking lights. Given a capacity supply of about 7,300 megawatts, on one day they doled out as much as 7,245 Mw in the peak-consumption hours. But each time, as the safety margin neared, the calm technicians ordered voltages reduced by 3% to 5% and quickly asked the city's biggest consumers to start unplugging everything from air conditioners and lights to escalators...
...officials will not be making arrests, but seeking to calm fears that the Federal government is engaged in a campaign of repression against student activists, Attorney General John N. Mitchell said Sunday...