Word: calmness
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This was a world away from the relatively calm confines of Bright Hockey Center. Submerged in enemy territory, I was ready to see first hand what everyone was talking about...
...tried to start a second, but could not. Cooper's sole remaining inverter was needed to power cabin-cooling gear on re-entry. Now Cooper would have no automatic aids at all in bringing his capsule down ... It was up to Cooper?with some dramatic help from the calm, crisp voice of [ground liaison] John Glenn ... Cooper and Glenn ran swiftly, surely down a check list of the operations Cooper must perform for re-entry. Cooper skillfully steadied his craft by a manual control stick ... Like a rifleman with a cross-hair sight, he lined up a horizontal mark...
...ethnic tensions. Just in the past week, protests by thousands of disenfranchised farmers and others have unsettled the provinces of Anhui, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and Zhejiang. Referring to the recent spate of unrest, national Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang was quoted in the official media on Monday pleading for calm. After last week's ethnic strife, calm is precisely what China's leaders need...
...police, for their part, did a terrific job of controlling the environment. Even as they were attacked by flying projectiles, they remained calm and didn’t overreact...
...agree with columnist Joe Klein that John Kerry won the first debate on "the appearance of strength" [Oct. 11]. I was pleased with the Senator's demeanor and his direct and calm responses, in contrast to President Bush's smirks, scowls and useless sloganeering. Nothing Bush can say will ever convince me that he made a sincere, thoughtful and intellectual assessment of the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan...