Word: calming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Magazine revealing his long-kept secret or saw him talking with Barbara Walters on last Friday's "20/20" can fail to have been impressed by his faith and optimism in battling the degenerative neurological disorder. Amidst such melodramatic headlines as "The Fight of His Life," Fox has kept a calm, almost beatific demeanor in addressing concerns about his health and future. This is no small feat when you consider the disease he is facing...
Yale administrators sent out at least one e-mail message to students asking them to remain calm during the investigation...
...simply part of the political background as life goes on," says Love. "People are getting sick of the issue -- a majority of Chileans believe Pinochet is guilty, but they are also telling pollsters that the issue doesn't affect them." The one thing that could disrupt the onset of calm, of course, would be the general's return home. That would force Chileans to decide his fate themselves...
...exhausted Jim Barksdale, the veteran CEO who had been hired to figure out how the scrappy start-up could survive against all odds--against Microsoft!--sat in a hard chair on the edge of the stage and did his genteel best to calm his people. How many of you came to Netscape because we acquired your company? he asked. A quarter of the employees in the room raised their hands. Well, said Barksdale, this is just another acquisition...
When you're 10 years old, you shouldn't have much to be depressed about--or so an adult might think. But just as more and more children are taking Ritalin to calm their hyperactivity storms, a growing number of kids are turning to Prozac and other antidepressants to treat their blues...