Word: calmness
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Amid the excited screaming and friendly pillow pummeling, some got a little…well, um, violent. One man took it upon himself to run around swinging two pillows in hand, numchuck style, yelling, “DIE, MOTHERF***ER, DIE!!!” Whoa, calm down there, buddy. That’s a seven-year-old standing next...
...officials to Damascus to test the waters, signaling Washington's willingness to end its campaign to isolate Syria. And early success on the Israel-Syria track would do wonders for the Administration's wider Middle East ambitions. Not only would it formally cement the 40-plus years of relative calm on the Israeli-Syrian frontier, it would potentially detach Syria from its alliance with Iran and enlist Damascus in moderating or eliminating two key radical elements - Hamas and Hizballah - on Israel's borders. Iran's resulting loss of influence in the region could, in turn, help induce Tehran to rethink...
...fusion of technical acumen and mental calm has not only brought success, it has allowed Harrington to attain a seemingly impossible state in such a frustrating sport: contentment. His caddy often asks Harrington before he takes his club back whether he's happy, to which he usually answers in the affirmative. When he's frustrated, he might say "delirious." (One of Harrington's conversational tics is a habit of breaking down his answers as if analyzing a golf swing or commentating on a match. "Now I'm actually being smart when I say 'delirious.' I'm actually being facetious with...
...physicality of the prisoners’ grim undertaking. In this approach, “Hunger” bravely reveals the visceral underbelly of a well-known event in English and Irish history. McQueen illustrates with profound artistry the eerie quiet of a hunger strike and the severe calm with which Sands chooses to die. The result is a brutal and emotional film that seeks not to entertain, but instead to let the corporeal imagery speak for itself.—Staff writer Noël D. Barlow can be reached at nbarlow@fas.harvard.edu...
Barack's and Michelle's experiences may seem like night and day, but there are similarities as well. Like the President, the First Lady has an ability to exude a calm confidence amid chaos. As she mingled with 12 other spouses of G-20 heads of state at the opera house Thursday, she looked at times reserved if not a bit shy. But it did not appear to be a shyness born of insecurity as much as her own nature. She was not trying too hard to impress anyone...