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...He’s a calm kid under pressure,” assistant captain Tyler Kolarik said. “Very level-headed, but he can get emotional when he needs...
...dressed for work in a silky black maternity blouse and skirt, is busily tending to Ryan, 2 1/2, and Brendan, 11 months, at their home in the leafy Edgebrook neighborhood of Chicago. Both boys are sobbing because Reilly, the beefy family dog, knocked Ryan over. In a blur of calm, purposeful activity, Nevins, who is 8 months pregnant, shoves the dog out into the backyard, changes Ryan's diaper on the family-room rug, heats farina in the microwave and feeds Brendan cereal and sliced bananas while crooning Open, Shut Them to encourage the baby to chew. Her husband...
Suddenly it's 8:07, and the calm mom shifts from cruise control into hyperdrive. She must be out the door by 8:10 to make the 8:19 train. Once on the platform, she punches numbers into her cell phone, checks her voice mail and then leaves a message for a co-worker. On the train, she makes more calls and proofreads documents. "Right now, work is crazy," says Nevins, who has been responsible for negotiating and administering seven agreements between the board and labor unions...
...next day, three ethnic Albanian boys in Mitrovica drowned in the swollen Ibar River. Exactly how they died is not clear, but a surviving child said his friends had been chased by Serbs with a dog. From there rumors escalated into riots and eventually gunfire. Some senior politicians urged calm. Others, however, including the Minister of Public Services, Jakup Krasniqi, said the violence was the understandable result of five years of "anti-Albanian policy" by the international community. That's a hint at the underlying causes. Kosovo Albanians have been pressing for full independence from Serbia since the war ended...
...with an unusual ritual. The largely female cast and crew face each other in a circle and begin doing stretches. They start off with a relatively simple assortment of nerve-defraying arm extensions and breathing exercises, but soon begin emitting a guttural tribal chant. In moments, the scene of calm has erupted into a fervent sequence of chest-beating, head-twirling and tongue-extending, all done in approximate unison by ten normally rational individuals. Director Aoife E. Spillane-Hinks ’06 orchestrates the catharsis, encouraging her cast to relax and “let out their bellies...