Word: calmness
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...after Van der Veer took the helm, internal memos leaked to the press suggested that other top Shell executives still in office, including Van der Veer, may have known about the reserves problem as early as two years ago. Van der Veer vigorously denied the charges but failed to calm the jangled nerves of Shell's institutional investors. And so the company was forced to ask itself an unpleasant question: How many times can you fire your CEO in a year...
...American strategy, British influence over the conduct of the occupation has grown. In April, as U.S. forces seemed determined to go with guns blazing after every faction that challenged them, the tactic threatened to create a backlash that would engulf British troops. In conversations with Bush, Blair urged calm, according to government sources who argue he can take some credit for the April 30 pullback from Fallujah. For both Blair and Bush, much now depends on being able to hand over to an Iraqi authority at the end of June. If that can be achieved Blair will be able...
...solutions emerging on the ground are obviously at odds with some of the rhetorical statements from Washington about the nature and fate of the insurgents, but they proceed from an immediate objective of restoring calm and a recognition that the insurgents, both Sunni and Shiite, may be more deeply rooted in their community than Bush administration officials had been comfortable acknowledging. And it was the administration, not the commanders on the ground, that made the June 30 handover a priority above all others. The requirements of making that deadline may increasingly be shaping the battlefield outcomes in Iraq...
...charged that the demonstration "questioned the ability of chosen leaders to make calm, deliberate decisions," and claimed that Senators Russell, Anderson, and Jackson, as well as Representative Holifeild, agreed with his anti-Project sentiments...
...Jeff has been great at helping me and the other middies,” Mahler said. “He brings a calm, confident approach to the game. He’s been there before, and we know we can rely...