Word: calme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skin yellow to his toes. Retribution is in the air midmorning when Brown reaches Trotter, demanding to know why Hunter is not at UNC. Their conversation is "spirited," according to Trotter, "emotionally charged," according to PHP. O'Connor intervenes, working through Robbins in the Duke business office to calm the waters...
...actually be happy to deal with him. Naming Ariel Sharon as foreign minister Friday might look like an act of provocation to the Palestinians, who hold him responsible for more than one massacre over the years, but it could advance the peace process. "Netanyahu is doing this to calm the Israeli right wing," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "The right wing sees him as the staunchest guardian of their interests, and he can bring them on board for Netanyahu's plan to give away another chunk of the West Bank...
Rakow says that keeping that interest going in the stressful world of Harvard has been surprisingly easy. She says that karate's mental side--which stresses maintaining a calm, clear focus--has helped her in other ways as well...
...Paradoxically, the very belligerence of Farrakhan's defense of Jackson was proof of its futility. Farrakhan did not have a clue about how the power game is really played (and still does not), and so the best he could do was issue empty threats. In contrast, Bernice King's calm, stately defense of Clinton bespoke a newfound political self-confidence among African Americans. At some point during the past 14 years, many black Americans decided to stop acting like victims of oppression and more like full-fledged, bare-knuckles players in the power game. They have been at the table...
Suddenly, the tall bike messenger steps in front of me and says to the Gasbag, "Maybe you should calm down, fella." The Gasbag calms down. I look closely at the bike messenger. It's James Stewart. He has reason to protect me. He knows that I'm The American People...