Word: calmer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contemporary crime writers including Dick Francis and Ruth Rendell, P.D. James, 66, has gracefully shattered the rules. In her best and most ambitious tale to date, A Taste for Death -- her ninth mystery novel in 24 years -- James has become a kind of Le Carre of crime, blending the calmer depths of mainstream fiction with the white rapids of the genre, to produce something quite different indeed...
...collapse of the talks should be followed by an all-out effort to place the blame on the other side. In the past, such failures have been accompanied by bitter accusations and unseemly language which often generates its own dynamic and makes it harder to resume relations in a calmer atmosphere. That did not happen this time, however. Both Reagan and Gorbachev have responded with moderation. Larry Speakes, the White House press spokesman, went so far as to compliment Gorbachev on his speech of October...
...During my time off," says Roberts, "I learned what I'm capable of. I learned that I could set my own agenda and make it work for me." Roberts says she's noticed that people who return from leaves of absence are, on the whole, calmer. "I think it's because we realize in a very large sense that this all doesn't matter. We all want our GPAs, but getting that paper done by five just isn't as important any more. How you do isn't who you are," she explains...
...probe of the densest parts of these clouds." The molecule is most excited when it is most compressed. In the center of the cloud, says Lada, "we found that we were seeing carbon monosulfide in a very excited state." In the outer reaches, though, the molecules were much calmer. There was a dense core at the center of the cloud. It was also clear that there was systematic motion inside. Just as a train whistle is higher in pitch as it approaches than when it recedes, radio waves also vary in frequency according to direction of motion. Using the radio...
Although when I first joined the line I felt nervous, by the time the customs official motioned me to enter the next area I was considerably calmer. The three or four people in front of me went through customs quickly, without any search. The procedure seemed rather simple: the official took the passport, visa, looked at the customs declaration, asked for the cash or gold jewelery for verification, and the person stepped into Moscow...