Word: calms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Algiers to protest electoral laws that they claimed were devised to deny them victory in parliamentary elections originally scheduled for June. After some 100 people died in street fighting between the army and demonstrators, balloting was postponed and President Chadli Bendjedid declared a state of siege to restore calm...
...family way, newspaper writers and TV crews are camped outside. Since the New York Times put her on Page One, producers for talk shows have kept calling, photographers have continually rung her doorbell, and somehow, through it all, Arlette Schweitzer has continued to radiate a sense of calm. "Christa has no . . . , " a reporter hesitantly ventures. "That's right," replies Arlette, her voice as clear and as strong as a church bell. "Christa has no uterus...
...that adorned his private dining table. To reports that some CBS News stars had offered to take salary cuts in order to save jobs, Tisch scoffed, "These are the biggest bunch of liars I've ever seen in my life!" His son Jimmy came into the office to commiserate. "Calm down, Dad," he pleaded...
...stark contrast to the havoc that B.C.C.I. spread from London to Lima was the studied calm at the White House last week. Senior officials described the scandal as more an annoyance than a real concern. Said Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater: "The Justice Department has been looking into it for some time, and we're satisfied with the way they're handling it." He added, however, "It's clear that the Democrats are going to try to make some political hay out of it. Unfortunately, it looks like everything is going to be political between now and next November...
During his two-day visit to Turkey, George Bush watched whirling dervishes perform, sailed down the Bosporus and seemed calm and relaxed. That was pretty remarkable, considering that a few days earlier Turkish officials had foiled an elaborate plot to kill the U.S. President. Acting on information developed by Turkey's National Intelligence Organization, police mounted a series of raids on eight safe houses in Istanbul, killing 10 people and capturing 12 others involved in the attempt...