Word: calmly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Calm Waters...
...playing three periods of calm, consistent, productive hockey wins games. The icemen are getting there--they held off a strong B.C. rally in the second period without relinquishing the lead--but they're not there yet. And only one thing will get them there: experience...
...grow up and you calm down...
...about Viet Nam War veterans who threatened to kill themselves. Each time Reed and his team raced to answer the cries for help. One vet waved a knife and swore that he would slice up his dog and then himself. "Cut up the damn dog," said Reed with a calm that he did not feel. "I don't care." Suddenly, when the vet was distracted, Reed kicked him in the shins and disarmed him. Reed & Co. saved five of the vets, but they were too late on one call. Depressed, the man had already cut veins in his arms...
...gifted lawyer and labor mediator, Sovern made his mark on Morningside Heights in 1968 when he used reason to calm a divided faculty and helped establish a democratic campus senate. He has shown similar peacemaking skills in helping to settle New York City's strikes; for 14 years he has also served as consultant to TIME'S Law section. Born in The Bronx, Sovern attended the Bronx High School of Science, took both his B. A. and law degrees at Columbia as a scholarship student and at 28 became the youngest full professor in the school...