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Martin Kaplan, a former Democratic strategist and speechwriter who now directs the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California, says Schwarzenegger has been on local television almost constantly, projecting calm and reassurance. Kaplan's daughter attended the women's conference, he said, and she heard widespread murmurs of approval when the Governor explained his thinking. "I'm also struck by his focus on the human dimensions of the disaster," Kaplan said. "He steers clear of the bureaucracy and lasers in on the personal...
...introduction represented the “wasps” referenced in the title—actually overzealous Athenian jurors in Aristophanes’s text.Although the orchestra, sounding out of tune, had gotten off to a rocky start, it finished the piece very professionally. The overture moved into a calm interlude—the flutes were no longer shrieking, but humming—and finally resolved into a rousing coda. Following the Overture, suspense mounted as the audience waited for violinist Goto to emerge. With a bestselling debut CD in Japan, collaborations with countless orchestras and renowned musicians...
...international event, known as Guluwalk, takes place annually in over 50 cities in the U.S., and comes in the wake of active peace negotiations that have brought relative calm to Gulu and other afflicted districts in Uganda for the first time in two decades...
...delivered his provocative lecture on faith, reason and violence that set off widespread criticism in the Muslim world, punctuated by acts of violence, including the burning of churches and the killing of a nun in Somalia. Benedict was quick to turn to the "spirit of Assisi" in trying to calm the waters after his Regensberg speech, inviting Rome-based Muslim diplomats for a meeting in the Vatican and visiting the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, where he prayed shoulder-to-shoulder with the Turkish imam. Though tensions remain, a letter earlier this month addressed to the Pope and other Christian leaders...
...executive is ripe for an attitude adjustment. After the 21 Club lecture, a honcho asks Swamiji a question that brought titters of recognition from fellow ypoers: "What if you want to shoot for the stars? How can you manage your expectations?" Swamiji nods. He explains once again that a calm intellect is a more productive intellect. But then he concedes that in coming before this group of strivers, he had to manage his own expectations...