Word: calmed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Despite these flag-wagging furores, L'Impero, one of the many organs of the Fascist Party, declared that "the calm reigning in Italy, despite Jugoslav provocations, does not mean that we are not indignant. It means that we disciplinarily obey Government orders...
Ever ready to heed the wishes of a man condemned to die, the commander signaled to the soldiers to fire by dropping his hat. The staccato cracks of firing rifles cut the still air of a calm morning and General Arnulfo Gomez sank to the ground-his career and presidential aspirations ended...
Verdict. Amid tense excitement, after an absence of 35 minutes, the jury returned a verdict for the young, pale faced Jew's acquittal. Frenzied cheering greeted the decision. M. Schwartzbard, calm, kissed his lawyer, Maitre Henri Torres. "Vive la France!" shouted somebody. "Vive la France!" echoed some 500 voices...
...artists announced the award of three prizes at the opening of the International Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. The committee were all judges of repute: spectacled Eugene Speicher of . the U. S. (an intimate friend of the late George Bellows), sharp-faced Felice Casorati of Italy, calm Abram Poole of the U. S., Horatio Walker of the U. S., jaunty Maurice Denis of France, white-tufted Maurice Greiffenhagen of England, bald Karl Hofer of Germany, Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens* of the U. S. (Director, of. Fine Arts at the Carnegie Institute), and Eugene Savage...
...Grand Banks are one of the most treacherous spots in the world. Sudden fogs blanket the ocean for days, the sea is calm one hour out of every 360, and the huge green ice blocks are a constant threat to the fishing smacks which roam the Banks for weeks at a time...