Word: calme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...calm moment during his adventures, Theron finds himself at a coffee shop in the Back Bay at seven in the morning unprepared to lecture on Hawthorne to his 9 a.m. class...
...eloquent apostrophe to freedom at the end, Glass created one of the most powerful moments in modern opera. The melody is simplicity itself -- a scale consisting of the tones from E to E on the white notes of a piano, repeated 36 times -- but the purity of its calm resolve has the effect of an emotional tidal wave...
Indeed, the ritual of the graceful no is Ronald Reagan's virtuosity. He fired the air-traffic controllers on a beautifully sunny morning in the Rose Garden with a calm and injured tone in his voice. That action as much as any other in his first term established him as a leader to be reckoned with. To reduce the federal deficit, Reagan cut back funds for cities and states. Mayors and Governors denounced him at their conventions but also streamlined their regimes. A surprising number of them now have balanced budgets. Of course, they still complain about Reagan...
Crapanzano registers both dark rites and white lies with scrupulous calm. Every now and then, he cuts loose with supple analytical turns on the nature of waiting, of being colored or of creating myths of violence. But for the most part, the author is content with a tone of measured outrage. So measured, in fact, that his own misgivings about the South African system are often drowned out by the whites' disarming pleas for sympathy...
...resistance: they agreed they would postpone the visit of one Spruance-class destroyer and two frigates. The reason China took the no-nuke position is unclear. Analysts say because the announcement coincided with the start-up of talks between Peking and Moscow, it is possible Hu was trying to calm Soviet fears that Sino-U.S. relations might pose some kind of military threat. It is also possible that Hu, who made the statement while on a visit to Australia, was trying to ensure a warm welcome at his next port of call, New Zealand, where the government has locked...