Word: calm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...back-to-school season began last week in an atmosphere of unwonted tranquillity. This year, in contrast to previous Septembers, early prospects were for relatively little turmoil from teacher strikes and demonstrations. In fact, school officials in most parts of the country were hopeful that the unusual calm in the nation's classrooms would prove to be long-lasting...
...Maltese Falcon, the best detective movie ever made, plays this week beginning tomorrow at the Brattle Theater. Humphery Bogart is Sam Spade, cool, calm and marvelous. Mary Astor plays the shady woman, a sexist stereotyped role that is nonetheless irresistible in the context...
...carry on with their jobs, and he was not about to quit. But if he seemed politically naive about his desperate situation, Nixon showed no signs of emotional instability. There were no "Captain Queeg" mannerisms. Saxbe recalled later. "We were all looklooking for something like that. He was calm, in control of himself, and not the least bit tense...
...come to know over the past several years. Friday morning was even more difficult. As Nixon took a long, emotional farewell of the White House staff, the girls had to struggle to keep their composure; even Mrs. Nixon seemed on the verge of losing her almost uncanny air of calm. Later, when the rest of the family boarded a helicopter for the hop to Andrews Air Force Base and the last official flight to California aboard Air Force 1, Julie and David remained behind to take charge of the family's personal belongings. As the helicopter lifted...
...father, which is that the tougher it gets, the cooler I get." Many who knew him well doubted that claim. They saw, or thought they saw, rage and consuming bitterness beneath the façade. But he did display amazing endurance and (with a few lapses) a remarkable public calm during more than a year of savage at tacks and adversity...