Word: calme
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more than an oblique meaning to them . . . He ran no risk of disseminating his feelings in the ordinary intercourse of humanity." Even while Beethoven was composing his finest works-the last quartets-his letters were concerned only with servants, publishers and nephew. Whence came the soaring grandeur and philosophic calm that characterize these works? The letters give no hint...
...Calm Sea. According to his written wish, Julian Harvey, shrouded in red velvet, was buried at sea, twelve miles off Miami. At about the same time, Terry Jo recovered enough to talk to the Coast Guard investigators-and Harvey's suicide took on a new sinister significance. The child's story completely contradicted Harvey's. On the night of the tragedy, she said, she and René had gone to their cabins about 9 o'clock. "Later I heard screaming and stamping and I woke up and it went away, and I went upstairs...
...figures at Asia House-whether gods, or dancing girls, or Buddha himself-are masterpieces of impassiveness, each face a study in noble calm. The people of Khmer built temple after temple, until they literally exhausted themselves; their kings fought other kings until "the dust of their armies blotted out the sun." But the faces of the gods never changed expression. Their gentle, enigmatic smile was always there, the smile of perfection and of eternal peace...
...across the grass and trumpets blare the notes of familiar fight songs. Undergrads guzzle brandy, nuzzle girl friends, nibble fingernails and lustily sing the praises of alma mater. Such are the sights and sounds of college football for most fans-but not for the pro scout. Cold-eyed and calm in the midst of it all, he perches in some remote corner of the stadium, clutching his notebook and pencil. His sound is the smack of leather meeting leather, and his sight is the glimpse of a crumpling block, a tooth-rattling tackle, or a precisely executed pass. Like...
...bombardier beetle is an inconspicuous insect that ranges much of the world with calm and self-assurance-and for jood reason. When attacked by a ferocious ant, its natural enemy, the bombardier beetle (Brachinus) merely stands its ground, pushes a flexible tube from its rear end and points it at the enemy. With a small but audible bang, a cloud of acrid vapor envelops the ant, reducing it to paralysis or trembling confusion. Until recently, the bombardier beetle's efficient defensive weapon was pretty much of a mystery. Entomologists thought that it simply squirted out a liquid that exploded...