Word: calme
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little old lady points out, this place must be liveable. A mouse was seen the other day in the Registrar's office, and he looked pretty calm...
Since the leaders of the opposition National Civic Union are now under arrest, it is clear that this is a coup aimed at forestalling democratic elections in the country. The nation's calm these past weeks belies the junta's claim that Communists were about to sieze power...
Brecht on Brecht. The phone is a coiled snake, and the woman (Viveca Lindfors) picks it up fatalistically, as if she had already been poisoned by its venom. Her manner is calm, but her voice is brittle with inner hysteria. She cancels a bridge date, calls off a movie date. The talk is bright and chatty, but these are not social calls. The woman is foreclosing her life...
Plenty of Oomph. Northrop had little trouble selling VIPS to the Air Force. On a test flight in Texas, the system worked perfectly; its calm voice gave prompt warning of many simulated hazards. Then the pilot, Major H. T. Deutschendorf, started his landing approach. Gina spoke once more, warning that his airplane's alternator was out and that fuel pressure was low on the port side. The major had had enough tests for the day. "Shut the damned thing off," he shouted to his crew. A crew member replied that no more hazards had been simulated. Suddenly the major...
...right wing at Harvard, and with minor exceptions across the country, is calm, intelligent, and manure, motivated by the deepest concern for the protection of our traditional values. Mr. Hobson's tactic of impugning the motives of those who disagree with him is, on the contrary unintelligent and immature. Political discussion is most worthwhile when it is conducted on rational grounds. Alan E. Povey...