Word: calm
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...humor and cooperativeness of the British public what was the chief force which caused Labor leaders to call off the strike? Being British, they were routed when the man whom they had heard was "the Empire's greatest lawyer," Sir John Simon, today Foreign Secretary, declared with cataclysmic calm that in his opinion the General Strike was illegal and the Crown could successfully prosecute...
...weeks it looked as if a delicate cease-fire might mark a turning point in Sudan's bloodletting. But the calm broke on Nov. 23--a long day full of just the kind of killing, hypocrisy and indifference that have defined the conflict since it began in February 2003. First, rebel fighters attacked police stations in Tawila. In response, a government plane bombed the town, forcing dozens of aid workers to flee. To date, most of the violence, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left more than 2 million homeless, has been carried out by members...
...distant feel. The precise coordination of every ballerina in the group—thanks to choreographers Rebecca J. Alaly ’05 and Morgan E. Arenson ’06 based on the original design of Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot—is absolutely seamless. Their ghostly calm makes them feel suspended, evoking the magic of the story...
...able to stay focused, to stay calm, and run my approach well. That’s what I’ll have to do with the Heptagonal Championships, Yale and Brown-Cornell,” Andrew-Jaja said...
...Thai capital, showing that the journey, not the arrival, matters. In Indonesia-born Fiona Tan's Rain, two blue plastic buckets never quite get filled by a monsoon. It's a symbol of futility, like emptying the sea with a cup, yet a soothing, contemplative one. Equally calm but with a sinister undertone is Albanian Anri Sala's Blindfold. Blank billboards on Vlor? and Tirana roofs reflect the rising sun into the viewer's eyes, people hurry by on the street, and after a long stillness, a pallid hand emerges from a balcony, hangs out a towel, and quickly withdraws...