Word: calme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Amid the kidnapings that have tormented Beirut in recent years and sown frustration and despair in Western capitals, Anglican Envoy Terry Waite has been a calm symbol of hope. In five missions to Lebanon, the 6-ft. 7-in. troubleshooter has established himself as one of the few Westerners able to bargain with the terrorists holding foreigners hostage. So it was all the more disturbing last week when Waite himself, who vanished Jan. 20 during his latest mission, appeared to have become a captive. While reports of Waite's kidnaping remained unconfirmed, they steadily grew more alarming. Over the weekend...
After a decade of relative calm, the protests started up again in 1985 when about 45 students occupied 17 Quincy St. for an eight hour workday to urge Harvard to divest from companies that do business in South Africa...
...with the crystal's electromagnetic field. This affects the cells of the body." She also provides a 28-day ritual of positive thinking with each crystal. "With topaz," she instructs, "you hold the stone over the solar plexus for two minutes and repeat, 'This blue topaz is vibrating to calm my nervous system...
With Buddha-like calm, the 52-year old Matthews has been manager of the Science Center stockroom since it opened in 1974. "I wasn't here too long before I saw the walls needed brightening," he says. So Matthews started bringing in his own multi-colored artworks--nearly a dozen--to decorate the coldly modernistic setting...
Aquino's revolution with a human face was no less a triumph for women the world over. The person known as the "Mother of the Nation" managed to lead a revolt and rule a republic without ever relinquishing her buoyant calm or her gift for making politics and humanity companionable. In a nation dominated for decades by a militant brand of macho politics, she conquered with tranquillity and grace...