Word: calmly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Railroad Administration and the Departments of Interior and Transportation-construction finally began in May 1974. "I'll never forget that day they put the jackhammers in the floor," says Nita Shaw, a secretary at the station for 31 years. "I had to walk over to the Capitol to calm down and stop crying...
Although it's a well-known fact that Brearley girls do meet regularly for this purpose, they usually dispense with the tie-on wooden penises which form an integral part of this particular ceremony. Infused with the sense of masculine calm which these phalluses carry, each woman tells her own horror story of chauvinistic domination. Promisculey is a big as opium with this crowd, so they have plenty to talk about...
Meanwhile, Leverett players remained calm among all this hype. "No way are they going to beat us," said tight end Tim Belktz. "They're no good. We're bigger than them. They've been practicing a lot and are all jacked up, but we're not worried...
Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi tolerated little political opposition at home, but allegations were increasingly heard in the U.S. that his secret police, SAVAK, were brutalizing Iranian citizens. The Shah was a likable man-erect without being pompous, seemingly calm and self-assured in spite of the tear gas incident, surprisingly modest in demeanor. The air of reticence in his first conversations with me could not have been caused by his unfamiliarity with American Presidents. I was the eighth he had known...
...military forces from the aircraft carriers to protect the crew. At one point, intelligence sources reported a beeper signal from the downed helicopter.] Discussion of what commmunication to make to the Iranians and of the needed report to the American people. [After our rescue team departed, I needed to calm the Iranians...