Word: calmed
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...outside, Christmas cards are so innocent. What could be more cloyingly sweet than a depiction of a calm and serene snow-covered glen with a small, winding path leading to a cozy cottage decked with evergreen boughs for the holidays? But beyond the formidable façade of the card’s illustration, there is something dark and sinister, neatly folded and tucked into the Christmas card: the holiday newsletter...
American Christmas shoppers in Paris aren't the only ones suffering from sticker shock. The dollar fell to a near-record low of $1.33 to the euro at the end of last week. It has shed about six cents since early November, shattering months of calm on currency markets, causing a mini-swoon on some stock exchanges and prompting French Finance Minister Thierry Breton to call for "great collective vigilance." The dollar has also slid against the British pound, which closed last week just a few cents short of $2, its highest in 14 years. Many investors are betting that...
...food nor inflict anything corporal. Mike Scarpuzzi, vice president of zoological operations for SeaWorld California, says the facility's tradition has always been the use of positive reinforcement: "We focus on what we like them to do." Indeed, he says, when Peters was dragged down, the trainer sought to calm Kasatka rather than do anything that would agitate her further. He rubbed her comfortingly in order to extricate himself, even as he struggled for breath. (See the top 10 animal stories...
...resist comparing this self-proclaimed amateur to photographic greats. Bubriski himself does so in the exhibition catalogue, naming Josef Koudelka or Robert Frank.In Rockefeller’s most striking photographs, his male Dani subjects seem at ease with his presence. This comfort is mutual, and is revealed in the calm yet bold compositions of these images. In one print, a man perches in the window of a wooden structure, working on a long reed, absorbed in his activity. Likewise, it appears that Rockefeller became absorbed in his art, and the resulting photograph is captivating. Strong, thick lines of wood...
...There is a growing sense in the capital that the Baker panel may be reporting too late to do any good. Indeed, hindsight suggests that "Too Little, Too Late" might be a more appropriate title for what the Pentagon christened Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lacking sufficient troops and armor to calm Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, U.S. troops were unable to suppress the insurgency that has percolated for three years. Now, with the addition of Shi'ite and Sunni militias fighting for control of Baghdad, the U.S. military doesn't have the firepower, or, it seems...