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...values that are shared by all law-abiding citizens." Though the words were not so very different from those used by her pugnacious predecessor John Reid, they were greeted as if they signified a radical departure from the Blair years. The opposition thanked Smith for her "dignity and calm." "She could say exactly the same thing [as Reid] and sound completely different," says a Home Office insider. The government, he adds, is much more aware than it used to be that "it's not necessarily what you're saying, but the way people hear it that matters...
...until Blair's 1997 election victory, says that quiet efficiency is really all that's required of Smith in the aftermath of the attacks. "You try not to get in the way, you try to make sure everything is coordinated, and you talk to the public in a calm and authoritative way. The difficulty comes in pitching legislation right, in getting the right balance between civil liberties and the proper protection of the public," he says. The Brown government has indicated that it will not rush new antiterror legislation in response to the latest plot. That suggests a new approach...
...Stevenson is heavily outweighed and at least a foot shorter than both men, but stands his ground. "You've got to calm down," he shouts at the man at least five times. Later he says: "You can't back down on these guys. It just gets worse. I would have pepper-sprayed the big guy." Dealing with the incident has taken five patrol cars and a lock-up van; the effort brings calm to the street, but the violence continues to spread across the suburb like a brush fire. Within minutes, reports of three more stabbings in the same district...
...values that are shared by all law-abiding citizens." Though the words were not so very different from those used by her pugnacious predecessor John Reid, they were greeted as if they signified a radical departure from the Blair years. The opposition thanked Smith for her "dignity and calm." "She could say exactly the same thing [as Reid] and sound completely different," says a Home Office insider. The government, he adds, is much more aware than it used to be that "it's not necessarily what you're saying, but the way people hear it that matters...
Nothing can rattle the cool, calm demeanor of Shoichi Nakagawa as quickly as mention of Japan's World War II abuses committed against "comfort women" -those citizens of captive Asian nations forced into prostitution by the Japanese military. The conservative No. 3 man in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) can't hide his annoyance at the resolution, currently nearing a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, calling on Japan's Prime Minister to fully apologize for its role in abusing the "comfort women...