Word: calme
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...instant, but about ten minutes passed. "I was getting more concerned about Mrs. Kennedy's state all the time-although she appeared composed, as she had from the beginning. Then a gentleman did arrive who has later been identified for me as a judge. The gentleman was very calm and cool and collected. If my recollection is clear, he said something to the effect that as of now this was just a homicide case, and there were certain things that had to be carried out, one of which I interpreted as an autopsy...
From Anger to Action. There was a brief burst of scattered applause, but most of the 1,950 prelates present were clearly stunned. Angrily they poured down from their tiered seats to the floor of St. Peter's. Albert Cardinal Meyer of Chicago, normally calm and introverted, was livid with rage. He and most other bishops knew that the "many fathers" consisted of only 120 or so conservatives, mostly Italian, and that they had had plenty of time to consider the declaration; the conservative-oriented theological commission had approved the final draft. "Let's not stand here talking...
Angry Lieutenants. In fact, as the nation looked around last week, it was faced with a sudden storm of labor turmoil. After 12 to 15 months of comparative labor calm, strikes or the threat of strikes suddenly hovered over such important industries as paper, rail roads, shipping, meat packing and steel...
Richard Nixon would obviously like to be the heir. After last week's defeat, he called for a calm reappraisal and criticized those who had withheld full support from the national ticket, in particular Governor Rockefeller ("A spoilsport, a party-divider"). During the campaign, Nixon stumped the whole country, recementing his ties with local politicians and boosting their morale in the face of generally poor leadership from the national committee...
...Navy Skyhawk darted above the calm waters off Spain's Mazagón beach, its lights flashing in the early dawn. On that cue, 84 U.S. Navy ships, ten U.S. merchant ships and 14 small Spanish vessels began churning about in the largest military landing operation since World War II. This was Steel Pike I-the Navy's attempt to prove that old-fashioned assault by sea still holds some advantages over the modern trend toward movement...