Word: calmed
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...Grimm, Akpan and Rousmaniere] were able to really calm us down and get us playing the way we did in the first half,” Rogers added...
...concluding the memorial service, Reverend Peter J. Gomes noted Maher’s “grace and style” as a GSAS dean and called him an “island of calm in a sea of chaos...
...feel great about our efforts this weekend,” junior Mia Kabasakalis said. “Saturday was a long day, but after the first round, we knew we had left some strokes out there. We were able to stay calm and make some adjustments after that first round in order to finish the day well...
...Gaza, told TIME on Sunday. "It's a tinderbox, this place, ready to explode at any time." After a cross-border attack on the recent Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Israeli army released a statement warning that it would "respond harshly to any attempt to break the calm in Israel's southern communities." (See a video of Gazans celebrating the end of Ramadan...
Russians perennially fear that Russia will fall apart. The country is so big and so unwieldy that it seems always on the verge of implosion - like a bolshaya deryevna, or big village, riddled with ethnic fissures and political upheavals, always teetering between calm and chaos. Hence the appeal of the strongman - say, Josef Stalin. Someone to keep everyone else in check...