Word: calme
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tightening circle. Through September there are almost daily comments on the radio broadcasts which report him dead. The entry for September 28 begins, "A day of anguish. At times it seemed as if it would be our last." But beginning in October, the tone of the story suggests the calm before the final storm. Che confines himself to military reports, but the agitation evident before is gone. The diary has become an exercise necessary for sanity, as his health deteriorates steadily. For most of the Bolivian campaign Che had to ride a horse or mule rather than walk; these beasts...
DIED. Kurt Adler, 70, chorus master and conductor at New York's Metropolitan Opera (1945-73); after a long illness; in Butler, N.J. A calm man in a frenetic job, Adler said of his chorus, "They are like any other group of people, as good as you make them be and as bad as you let them...
That announcement should put an end to the department's three-ring circus, at least for now. It will certainly calm the alumni; after last spring's debacle, Bok is hardly likely to appoint anyone as unsettling to the old-timers as Peck. As a matter of fact, Pittenger's departure makes Reardon the logical choice. Popular with students, a long-time athletic recruiter and the head fund-raiser for the new athletic complex, he gets along with the athletes and, more importantly, the money that keeps the department in business. But predictably, neither Reardon nor Bok will say anything...
Carter Pollster Pat Caddell believes that the first phase of Carter's presidency has largely been achieved. Carter's appeal is established, the country is calm and believing again, some good legislation is on the books and a few new ideas are being debated...
...centuries. One afternoon the bus comes upon a serenely classical car crash: "The occupant of the sports car was a handsome blond youth, and he was lying back in his seat as if replete with content, with sunlight, with wine. The expression on his face was one of benign calm, of beatitude...But the little man whose stethoscope was planted inside his blue shirt over the heart was...making the traditional grimace of doctors the world over...