Word: calme
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dawn broke cold and grey. Calm in its majesty beside the Thames, the palace of Westminster emerged from the drifting mist. Across the river stood the starkly modern outline of Festival Hall, its garden windows catching the first pale light. Far downstream, the dome and finial of St. Paul's Cathedral were faintly etched against the wintry sky. Between these two points, Westminster and St. Paul's, gathered a million men and women and the children they brought with them to capture the scene in memory. Via Telstar and television, millions the world over watched the obsequies...
Furious workers, feeling that they had been betrayed by the very men they had voted into power, raged against Air Ministry "cod heads," and Wilson at week's end invited top industry and labor leaders to Chequers in an effort to calm the situation...
Canadian High. While the Pacific Northwest was suffering, the rest of the U.S. was enjoying unusually calm and warm winter weather. The Canadian High, another meteorological fixture, moved southward to cover the central part of the continent, protecting it from arctic cold and keeping the bad weather of the Pacific from penetrating much beyond the Rocky Mountains...
...calm fears about the dollar's stability, President Johnson hastened plans to reduce the amount of gold that the U.S. must legally hold to back its dollars, thus making more gold available for international dealings. The Treasury later confirmed that Congress will be asked to approve the change, issued an unusual public statement that tried to allay fears about the dollar...
Following Heller is no easy job, but Ackley, 49, has taken it in stride. A former University of Michigan professor who had served on the Council since 1962 before becoming chairman last November, he is a calm and retiring team man and a skillful administrator. Ackley now talks with the President at least three times daily, sends him a daily stream of communications, meets regularly with Cabinet members. He has been helping to cull the 15 presidential task-force reports for legislative recommendations, also serves with Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon and Budget Director Kermit Gordon on the troika that advises...