Word: calmes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other instances when Vorenberg--law dean since 1981--has acted as a follower. Although Vorenberg was caught in the middle of a bitter ideological debate that rocked the school and virtually split the faculty, his initiatives have largely shaped the policies that have been implemented in times of calm...
...Communist Party's immediate concern seemed to be in maintaining public calm...
Other factors contributed to the calm. When troops first appeared in Beijing's suburbs, they were met by crowds of citizens who peacefully blocked their path -- a Chinese version of "flower power." According to some Western analysts, the army leaders were made hesitant by the ambiguity of their situation. For example, the capital's hard-line mayor and party secretary passed on the martial-law order to the Beijing military command but without instructions as to when and how force was to be used...
...middle of the race, his boat surged. Parker's face was as placid as a lake on a calm spring...
...government did say that the country was so calm Saturday that many soldiers were given leave. Few troops were visible, even at the central barracks where Noriega lives...