Word: calmed
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...government has released Muhammad, in hopes that he can help calm the situation. Shuja calls it part of the "political effort" needed to accompany the military campaign. "Brute use of force alone would only take us backwards." That may be so, but releasing a known anti-government campaigner seems like a desperate gamble - one that the government may already be losing. "He is our leader and very dear to all of us, but our struggle for the implementation of a true Islamic system will not be affected," says Sirajuddin. "Maulana Sufi is demanding the same. It is good that...
...international press event at Art Basel last June, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) director Michael Govan faced unexpected trouble. The architectural model highlighting LACMA'S renovation and expansion plans had arrived in pieces. So Govan got some glue and tweezers and set to work. "He was extremely calm and concentrating on the task at hand," recalls friend John Elderfield, chief curator of painting and sculpture at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. "He may be the big-picture person, but he's also able to jump in and do it himself when necessary...
...nationalists publicly burned photos of the king and queen, and last week, Morocco's monarch temporarily recalled his ambassador from Madrid to protest the Spanish monarch's visit to the contested cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Through it all, Juan Carlos and his wife Sofia have maintained their habitual calm, confident, no doubt, of both of their high approval ratings and their own exquisite manners...
...assassinations are the tactics of choice for now. "I would believe that nobody goes out of his house without thinking that somebody will come and shoot him in the head," Ali says. Still, he says he is hopeful that the public's growing weariness of militia violence will eventually calm the situation...
...style. Clowns, like fools in Shakespeare, are traditionally viewed as standing outside of society, looking in while wryly commenting on it. Perhaps Høeg aspires to this role, but by the end of the novel, his antics drive his readers to long with Kasper for the silence and calm that only KlaraMaria, the quiet girl, is able to offer...