Word: calme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Olympic organizers, watching the preparations with breath held in apprehension, this was the calm before the blizzard. There were a few contretemps: some Russians complained about the lack of fax machines in the Olympic Village, and the official Chinese news agency announced that the accommodations here set new Olympic records for discomfort. The International Olympic Committee provoked mumbles with its sudden threat to introduce blood testing, which it just as quickly dropped. Even official brochures treated the athletes like errant children: "Moving from one Village to another is of course possible -- if not recommended -- provided official permission is granted...
...left some citizens shaking their heads and wondering whether the protest was orchestrated as a clever media ploy. Only the mayor can answer that question. What is certain is that the controversy exposed the city's raw nerves of race and that it will take a substantial effort to calm them...
...Minutes segment was taped in Boston in a suite at the Ritz Carlton late Sunday morning, with a fire roaring the backround. Dressed conservatively as they sat on a small sofa, the Clintons were calm and collected. They held hands intermittently. At one point Hillary Clinton gently rubbed her husband's back, but there was none of the fawning gaze Nancy Reagan affected every time her husband performed...
...milieu director Akira Kurosawa creates for their deliberations is small and serene: a farm where a grandmother, who witnessed the blast from afar and lost her husband in it, gently and indirectly informs her grandchildren about the past. And about the proper way to confront it -- with calm, unblinking acceptance. This is a part of their education their parents have neglected. For the middle generation, seeking economic advantage, especially with a branch of the family that has immigrated to the U.S. and prospered, has preferred to deny history's impact on their lives. It is touching to watch a bond...
...office in a political squabble. But Military Council member Dzhaba Ioseliani, head of the anti-Gamsakhurdia Mkhedrioni, or White Horsemen, paramilitary squads, suggested that the timetable would depend on how quickly life in the republic returned to normal. "Power is now in our hands," he said. "Until things calm down and until democratic institutions take root, we will keep power...