Word: calme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dean Rosovsky smugly dismiss students' attempts to gain a real say in the formulation of their own curriculum, the silence is an echo. Granted, Bok is a smoother man than Pusey--as the Corporation and Overseers realized when they named him, he is the sort to rely on calm words, rather than police violence, to settle confrontations--but he has shown little more sensitivity to student concerns than did his predecessor. The echoes of 1969 grow louder with each day that Harvard waffles on its ethical responsibilities. The faces have changed, but little else...
...audience of about 200 was roused to its only round of applause in the calm debate when Connolly challenged Bartley about money he received from political action committees (PACs) while serving as Speaker of the House. Bartley has said his campaign will not accept PAC money this year...
...Paper Men is not likely to cause defections from entrenched positions on either side. Those unmoved by Golding's work will have little trouble remaining calm once again; a large audience of devoted fans will find their author's gnomic mystifications as fascinating as ever. But no one can dispute how sharply Golding has made a break with some of his old habits. Unfortunately, he does not abandon his worst ones. At first, the customary mixture of history, allegory and determinist philosophy seems absent. Golding begins with a plausible version of the here and now, and introduces...
...approached its end, a deceptive calm settled over the question. Then, during a visit to Brussels, at 3 a.m. on Dec. 13, I received the news that General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Polish leader, had declared a "military government of national salvation," suspended the operations of Solidarity, closed the borders, broken communications with the outside world and arrested a large number of citizens. We recognized at once that, for the time being at least, martial law, rather than something worse, had been imposed upon Poland. We had known for many months what we would do in case of direct Soviet intervention...
...President's staff was thinking of calling Reagan back to the White House from Camp David for a special NSC meeting on Poland. I advised against this. A hurried return by helicopter, followed by a crisis-style meeting, might prematurely raise international temperatures. Our objective was to remain calm and steady...