Word: calmed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...knew it was all right as soon as Russia's Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff took him in to meet Joseph Stalin, in whose face Laval saw much the same calm, woodchuck cunning he sees in his own mirror. The two got along famously, two born listeners who knew what they were doing. Stalin was so pleased with Laval that he prolonged the conversation through luncheon, the first time he had ever broken bread with a Capitalist Foreign Minister. It was also the longest visit he had ever had with a foreign official...
Five days later the calm little notices came out in the Sunday art sections: "The visitor may well wonder if the artist is not more interested in men than he is in women as subjects for his pictures. . . . Use of silvery backgrounds is a novel feature...
...Daughter Alice, 14, and Son John, 10. Socialite friends. Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt and Mrs. Junius Morgan, poured tea for the reception, while his wife visited her Cincinnati kin. Next night John Lavalle slept soundly in his bed in Manhattan's Harvard Club and the critics' calm little notices of his first show in years were already in print for the Sunday supplements, when at dawn tragedy smashed insanely into John Lavalle's life...
Grey-eyed, Brindle Gangster had already won three Australian championships before he was imported in 1932 by John Pesek, heavyweight wrestler of Ravenna, Neb. Since then he has won the Waterloo twice. Calm and well-mannered in the paddock, he has unsurpassed speed in the field, turns quickly, keeps his eyes on the rabbit, dives beautifully for the kill. Owner Pesek. who boasts the largest greyhound kennels (200 couple) and one of the finest pairs of cauliflower ears in the U. S., has refused $10,000 for Gangster...
...youth. The vigour of a well-played game may be experienced as one deftly dodges the cars in the Square. The odds are highly in favor of the runner. With the exception of taxis and the Coop truck any car can be brought to a dead stop by a calm but firm walk across its path. Cars never attain a dangerous speed in the Square; it is impossible...