Word: calm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...called "a top-spin backhand," and not even Jaws gave him the thrill he got from beating Presidential Contenders Birch Bayh and Lloyd Bentsen. It may be an indication of political things to come. One of the world's famous lawyers, Edward Bennett Williams, called the unusual calm "a return to abnormality." His view is that the bizarre has become the norm and such letdowns as we are now experiencing will continue to be the unusual...
...from kidnaping Americans. With considerable justification, he said: "If terrorist groups get the impression that they can force a negotiation with the United States and an acquiescence in their demands, then we may save lives in one place at the risk of hundreds of lives everywhere else." But to calm the controversy, he later assured leaders of the congressional Black Caucus that nothing would be done to impede Carter's career. Nonetheless, Carter's future in the Foreign Service is not bright (Kissinger also complained of his "engaging in an independent publicity campaign"). Now representing...
...weight of your arm" but they are still struggling with recalcitrant limbs, faces tense with enigmatic phrases delivered in broken but richly allusive English. To help their hands go down slowly and evenly, he wants them to "Think of vertebrae going up," and to bring a sense of calm to their motions he suggests that at the end of each four beats "the will must be completely out." Intrigued by his half-sentences and mesmerized by his sinewy movements, the class seems to take on some of Chen's relaxation and command...
...Young called the bond "ridiculously low." Chinarian was later brought back to court and his bond was raised to $25,000. But another angry crowd had already gathered outside Bolton's bar, which was finally broken open and wrecked. By the next night Detroit police had again restored calm in the streets, still without firing a shot. In the 1967 rioting, 43 people died and property damage came to $64 million. This time two men were dead, 100 arrested, and property damage was comparatively minor. "We were pretty close to the brink," said Young...
...family has a New England-style residence. Although he has dropped out of the Big Canyon Country Club, he and his wife occasionally attend private parties. Friends say that Haldeman's ordeal has tapped new strengths and vitality and he is bearing up with Christian Scientist calm. He takes tennis lessons and plucks away at the guitar...