Word: calmly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seven, not guilty by reason of insanity." For the bullet that tore through the brain of James Brady, the once ebullient press secretary. ". . . On count ten, not guilty by reason of insanity." For the bullet into the neck of Police Officer Thomas Delahanty. Judge Parker's voice, usually calm and assured, began to quaver. ". . . On count twelve, not guilty by reason of insanity"-for the illegal possession of the handgun bought for $47 in a Dallas pawnshop. And finally, for using that gun in a federal crime: "Not guilty by reason of insanity...
...puzzled by the mix ture of disarmament proposals and harsh words coming out of Washington these days. They recognize that Reagan's many arms-control proposals mark considerable movement from his early days as President, but are worried that the U.S. may be advancing those ideas only to calm its European allies and the peace movement. Anatoli Dobrynin, the Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., is believed to be telling his Politburo colleagues that moderates and pragmatists, mostly in the State Department, are vying with implacable hard liners, boycott in the Pentagon, for Reagan's ear as to what...
...hostilities between old enemies. The violators of the truces, says Lieut. General William Callaghan, the Irish commander of the ill-fated UNIFIL in Lebanon, "are thumbing their noses at the U.N. and what it stands for." One notable breakdown: from 1956 until 1967, a force helped maintain an uneasy calm between Israel and Egypt, only to be ordered out of Egyptian territory by President Gamal Abdel Nasser shortly before the Six-Day War. One notable success: since 1964, U.N. troops have served as a buffer between the antagonistic Greek and Turkish populations on Cyprus...
John Caulfield, 53, Ehrlichman aide and former New York City police officer who tried to calm McCord and keep him from telling of White House connection to Watergate burglary. Suffered from ulcers and underwent stomach surgery. Works for Millionaire Industrialist Robert Abplanalp, one of Nixon's closest friends, at aerosol-valve manufacturing company in Yonkers...
...organization. That is not easy in an office atmosphere resembling, as Spielberg says proudly, the raunchy cantina in Star Wars. When he makes movies, Spielberg explains, "it's like a Middle Eastern bazaar. The more chaotic it is, the more I find my priorities. If it is calm, it is el snoro." Says Marshall: "He has an idea every 13 seconds. I have to figure out how serious they are. If he wants to do something, I figure out how to make it possible financially. Steven doesn't think in monetary terms...