Word: calms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unable to get a fix on Souter from that sparse record, activists from both sides of the political spectrum began combing through what little was known about his personal life in search of evidence to either calm their fears or justify their suspicions. Some wondered if the 50-year-old lifelong bachelor might be gay. (Friends assured them he is not.) Others speculated that Souter's streak of Yankee independence would make him a less than reliable vote for either side of the abortion issue. In a rambling television interview last week, Justice Thurgood Marshall, a last vestige...
Republicans are not reaching for the panic button because they believe Bush will escape grievous harm unless fears about the economy become reality. Another reason for their calm is that no Democrats are yet rising as serious challengers for 1992. Nate Landow, Democratic Party chairman in Maryland, concedes, "We're certainly more optimistic now, and there are new opportunities. But I'm not sure we know how to exploit them...
...much of the credit for the scenes the director and editors so carefully craft has to go to the actors. The entire cast gives strong performances, but Ford stands out. Because of Ford's characteristic calm in nearly all his other movies (and supposedly off-screen, too) he is an excellent choice for Sabich. The moments when Sabich actually does get frustrated, or lose control, or yell, contrast powerfully with his character's general self-restraint. When Sabich discovers the county medical examiner is falsifying records, for example, his voice rises and shakes. A single tear trickles slowly down...
...both Chamorro and Ortega appealed for calm, hotheaded civilians armed with rocks, Molotov cocktails and AK-47 rifles erected cobblestone barricades, ignited piles of tires and engaged in sporadic gunfire. From some trenches flew the red-and-black Sandinista flag, from others Nicaragua's blue-and-white flag. At least four civilians died and scores were wounded. Fretted a local businessman: "This must be how Beirut began...
With Nicaragua on the brink of chaos, Chamorro offered last Wednesday to reopen talks with the unions and Sandinista leaders. By the next morning, agreement was reached and calm restored. Union leaders pointed triumphantly to the long list of concessions. Chamorro's supporters hailed as a victory the army's decision to obey orders and not back the strikers. They cited with particular pride a public pledge of loyalty made by Daniel's brother, General Humberto Ortega, who heads the armed forces...