Word: calmed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Deceptive Calm. But Wisconsin's real surprise came from the cities. Kefauver had thought normally Democratic Milwaukee (52% for Stevenson in 1952) was so safe that he made only one speech there during his four days of Wisconsin campaigning in January and February. Last week, in a big, cross-section turnout (because of the mayoralty race-see below), Eisenhower won 52% of Milwaukee's vote. His greatest gains came in labor wards, and, perhaps significantly, in heavily Negro wards...
...calm, friendly man with a reputation for an even temper, eager Engineer Murphree lives quietly with his wife in suburban Summit. N.J. He relaxes by listening to records on a hi-fi set he assembled and installed himself, and by playing 16-handicap golf. Fellow golfers say he could trim strokes off his score if he would only quit experimenting with new theories on how to improve his game...
...calm, low key persuasiveness should help him at the Pentagon, but Wilson points to something else in Murphree's background as an equal asset: a quarter-century of effective service in the vast Standard hierarchy. Such a man, Wilson reasons, should not "get frustrated too quick in this big place." Then, with characteristic Wilson candor, the Defense Secretary made Murphree's position of authority clear. "I think if he gets into a jam between the services," Wilson said, "I will be in it with...
...suburban Evanston, Ill. Misplaced Person Milstein, at a loss for details on exactly where, appealed for help to the Chicago Tribune's omniscient Drama & Musicritic Claudia Cassidy. Manning her telephone, Claudia finally hit on the right place, just an hour before curtain time. At 8 p.m. Fiddler Milstein, calm but breathless, strode onstage at Northwestern University's Cahn Auditorium, played, just as the printed program promised he would...
...Antarctica has been a meteorological mystery since it was first studied by Sir Douglas Mawson in 1912. In winter it often blows for long periods at 90 m.p.h., and gusts may reach 200 m.p.h. While the wind is roaring on the Adelie Coast, the air may be almost calm in McMurdo Sound, just to the east...