Word: calmness
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...Australians have not been engaged in fighting in Iraq since Saddam's armies were defeated in 2003; they've performed their mission with few injuries and no fatalities. The 550 ground troops now leaving the country have spent the past five years overseeing security in the relatively calm Al-Muthanna and Dhi Qar provinces. They've protected reconstruction workers, trained Iraqi police and soldiers, gathered intelligence, fostered amity among local leaders, and promoted democracy and the rule of law. "They trained the local security forces and restored confidence," said the Australia Defence Association's Neil James. "That they were...
...taking home first in both the indoor and outdoor Heps. “[Becky’s] a tremendous talent,” head coach Jason Saretsky said. “One of the key characteristics of how she competes, which also reflects who she is, is her calm, cool demeanor. But she is an awesome competitor.” With her wins at both indoor and outdoor Heps, the Texas native moved into impressive company. Dora Gyorffy ’01 and Kart Siilats ’02 were the last Crimson high jumpers to accomplish the feat...
...there is something in the requisite three hours alone that I find amazingly satisfying. Don’t get me wrong—I love my friends and, more broadly, human contact in more tangible forms than microphones and radio waves. Yet this forced loneliness offers some much-appreciated calm in the midst of the tumult of senior week social events and tearful roommate goodbye sessions...
...didn’t feel personally in danger at that moment,” said Block, recalling the episode. “People have said when they listen to me narrate what’s going on that I sounded remarkably calm and maybe I was in shock, or maybe it was just because I hadn’t seen buildings falling down around...
...doors of the Marriott Wardman Hotel in Washington. As the 30 member Rules & Bylaws Committee heard the various arguments for softening the punishment the DNC had originally meted out to the two states for holding their primaries earlier in the calendar, the audience by and large kept its calm. But then, about nine hours into the seemingly interminable gathering, the crowd turned nasty and the appearance of civility, along with any hopes for party unity, never quite returned...