Word: calmness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Federal Judge Harold Medina, whose silken calm has carried him successfully through weeks of shrill legal heckling, addressed himself to 16 solemn citizens of New York last week...
...through this trial to be patient," he said. "There are few qualities of life that are so important. If you don't let little things disturb you at all, then you get a certain calm and peace of mind about it. That is the sort of thing that is the essence of the administration of justice. Now do that...
...Lenten calm settled over Central America. At Costa Rican Junta President José Figueres' finca, which had recently rung with the none-too-rhythmic clump of marching Caribbean Legionnaires, silent peons spread coffee beans on the patio to dry in the warm tropical sun. The Legion was dead. It had been done in by the guile of its old enemy, Nicaragua's "Tacho" Somoza-and by the no-nonsense order of the Organization of American States (TIME, Jan. 3). The end had come before the Legion could fire a shot at Tacho or its other prime target, Dominican...
...country's soft air of calm was deceptive. Like every Bavarian city and village, Munich went mad last week. While wind and snow whistled through the scarred streets and hollow buildings, along the avenues and through bright windows could be seen gaudy devils and silvery angels, Spanish ladies with black mantillas, Egyptian pharaohs in gold brocade, Hawaiian dancers in tights, bra and lei. Jazz bands blared in every cabaret and public dancehall...
Lisa Kirk, who stops the Broadway hit, Kiss Me, Kate, every time she sings Always True to You in My Fashion, was deeply impressed by the famed calm of Composer Cole Porter: "A composer's work must be like a baby to him. Giving it to a singer must be like leaving it with a sitter. You'd think Mr. Porter would be on edge about it, but," she marveled, "he won't [even] quarrel with you about the baby's diet...