Word: calmed
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...Washington's constricted calm is a smart contrast to the manic Travolta, who's channeling his strutting killer from Face/Off (an annoying switch from Shaw's steely British mercenary). Tony Scott, who did Top Gun and the earlier Washington movies Crimson Tide, Déjà Vu and Man on Fire, directs with his trademark gusto and a surfeit of many circling camera movements. A congestion of cars, arranged as carefully as clusters of Rockettes, isn't traffic; it's just the backdrop for a spectacular crash...
...Saturday, prosecutors and lawyers for the Kercher family expect to grill her harder. "I expected her to cry," Kercher family lawyer Francesco Maresca told TIME. "But her testimony was a very good job by the defense. She was calm. And that is not the personality of Amanda Knox from the first days of the investigation. I have a lot of questions...
...While relatively calm in recent years, Palau is no stranger to political unrest. After it switched from being administered by the U.S. to a republic in 1981, its first president, Haruo I. Remeliik, was assassinated in his driveway in 1985; the killers were never caught. Three years later, Palau's third president, Lazarus Salii, committed suicide after being accused of bribery; months earlier, his personal aide had been convicted of firing a gun into the home of the Speaker of the House of Delegates...
...science has suggested a link between antisocial behavior and a defect in the gene that codes for an enzyme called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A). A low level of activity on the MAO-A gene results in an excessive breakdown of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, which helps keep humans calm and happy. The defect thereby increases the urge to react aggressively to threats or fears, leading MAO-A to be referred to as the "warrior" gene. (See 20 ways to get and stay happy...
...paucity of data, most doctors have prescribed the drug for nausea infrequently and only as a last resort - for instance, in cases where nausea and vomiting are so severe that a woman cannot function. Most mothers-to-be in the U.S. are given antihistamines instead, which help calm queasiness with few lasting effects on the fetus; the only downside for moms is side effects like drowsiness. (Read "Understanding the Risks (and Rewards) of Pills and Pregnancy...