Word: calms
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EVEN WITHOUT A VIDEOTAPE, THE BLOOD AND THE brain matter that stained a Detroit street provided a brutal picture, evoking memories of the infamous Rodney King beating. But unlike L.A., Detroit has remained calm as local police, the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI investigate the killing of Malice Green by police on Nov. 5. Green was stopped by two white cops, who then allegedly beat him with flashlights while other cops, one black and four white, watched or participated. Police said Green had parked near a suspected crack cocaine house...
...both sides calm down and return to the negotiating table, Washington enjoys the upper hand. "On this case the U.S. is right," says Gary Hufbauer, a trade specialist at the Brookings Institution in Washington, voicing a widely held judgment among economists. Still, no one can deny that the U.S. zealously protects its domestic sugar, peanut and tobacco industries, among others. U.S. farmers retain considerable political power themselves: one of their lobbies reportedly twice foiled a GATT deal just as the two sides had come close to an agreement...
Hirsch knows it. He feels the pressure like everybody else, but he is calm--intense but calm, a trait that has earned the respect of his teammates and coaches. He is ready to charge the thin blue line for the last time in his career...
...Often a calm voice of reason at impassioned city council meetings, City Manager Robert W. Healy has earned the support of many Cantabrigians who credit him with the city's strong financial standing...
...Whether or not Bill Clinton challenges Americans -- as he promises -- they will certainly challenge him. None of his late-inning attempts to calm voters' expectations resonated. He has proffered the moon. His countrymen expect him to make good. But what do Americans know about this man who insists they are still just getting to know...