Word: calms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Midwest towns, tiny (pop. 1,600) El Paso, Ill., which calls itself "capital city of the corn belt," was an all but deserted village last week. Few cars disturbed the quiet of its sunny streets; in the town's three taverns, business was slow. El Paso's calm was part of the rhythm of the U.S. heartland; it was planting time. Outside the town, Woodford County's farmers worked 14 hours a day to get their seed kernels into the ground...
...seedlings are pushing their way up through the patches of earth where the old trees once stood. More than anything I have seen here, this is a symbol of Berlin's victory. Despite kidnapings, despite the Communist propaganda barrage, despite intimidation, Berlin's people have remained calm and unruffled. An old man carefully tending his tiny potato patch in the Tiergarten pointed to one of the huge, blasted air raid shelters. He said: 'During the war every bunker in Berlin had the words painted near its entrance: Ruhe bewahren, nicht drängen!-keep quiet...
...Magdalena's maiden voyage began uneventfully enough out of London. After a smooth South Atlantic crossing, the liner coasted down to Santos and Buenos Aires, picking up a cargo of Brazilian oranges and Argentine beef, then headed northeast for Rio and home. At 4:45 of a calm, cloudy morning last week, disaster intercepted the Magdalena
...well as colds in the head. A smart parent with sniffles puts on a mask before picking up the baby. Exposures to adult emotions may harm him even more than "a few extra germs." Dr. Dunbar's advice: stop a few seconds outside the nursery door, and calm down...
...morning rain gave way to a sunny, calm afternoon by match-time, bringing the best weather Harvard has played in this year...