Word: calmness
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...France's formal commitment of an additional 1,000 ground troops to Afghanistan will come during next week's NATO summit in Romania. Those new troops are to join France's current contingent of 1,600. But while those currently in Afghanistan patrol the relatively calm area in and around Kabul, most or all of the new units are expected to be sent to the south of Afghanistan, where the reformed Taliban and their allies have strengthened. Indeed, deaths among Canadian combat personnel in the area have been so high that Ottawa had threatened to pull its military from Afghanistan...
...team,” Badgers coach Mark Johnson said. “They responded really well after the first period and came out with some energy and created some scoring opportunities.”Stone called a timeout following Zaugg’s goal that appeared to calm her team down, and Harvard kept the score at 3-1 for the remainder of the second period.The Crimson had its best opportunity to close the gap at the onset of the third frame. Harvard began the final period on the powerplay and came out with a renewed intensity, crashing...
...circumstance.” Kumar’s faith proved well placed as “Colonel” Clayton roared back from a 2-6 first set to take the second 6-4. With opponent Artem Vlasenko changing his shirt due to perspiration, the Crimson captain stayed calm and focused, launching blistering serves and overcoming a late ankle strain to take the final frame 6-3. Despite Clayton’s admirable comeback, the heroics belonged to Ermakov, who finished before the captain and truly sealed the match for Harvard. The Texas native bested Martin Kosut...
...Chinese government prepares to unveil all the fruits of its recent remarkable economic achievements, oppressed citizens in Tibet and elsewhere will no doubt use the same opportunity to remind the world of what has been lost in terms of freedom and humanity in the rush for those achievements. The calm scientist in monk robes, however, with his habit of looking at the deeper causes beneath every surface, will surely keep noting that the only revolution that lasts and that can truly help us toward a better world is the one that begins inside...
...this is a snap shot,” he said. “If it blows up...if the calm of today is replaced by a storm of renewed suicide bombings and civil war in the next six months it will be a big, big story...