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Word: calms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...phone rings. "Whoopee!" you think. "The phone is ringing!" O.K., you really should calm down about this phone-ringing stuff, but you are the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, and this past year, for all its chaos and tumult, has been about the most exciting you could imagine. It's the holiday season, and you are eager to get to your family and all that, but boy, this holding the world economy by the hand is even better than advertised. The phone rings. Maybe it will be like this summer, when your mom picked up in your house on Cape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Three Marketeers | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...those swoon-inducing orbs is amazing. The superb supporting cast in both films adds to the richness of character. Geoffrey Rush, the Oscar winner for best actor from Shine, delivers masterful performances with two very different characters. As the quietly menacing personal servant of Elizabeth, he convincingly radiates a calm, omniscient presence which anchors his queen when all hell breaks loose. As Fiennes' bumbling, clueless theater manager pal with mossy teeth, Rush transforms into a timid man who relies on the whims of Shakespeare--a role for which he has just been rewarded with an Oscar nomination...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, | Title: CINE MANIC | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...found myself feeling calm, happy and content living my alternative lifestyle. High-blood-pressure Harvard felt very far away. I had a new mantra that I repeated to myself on the beach and when I saw a giant rainbow and when we drove through the mountains: location, location, location...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Passport Not Required | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...Once I walk out there with 2,000 people there watching me, I get in the ring and I just sort of calm down," Rettig said. "I just focus on what I have...

Author: By Sarah E. Reckhow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Boxer Wins Golden Gloves Award | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...night. Orphan benefited from a few Wyant mistakes to win the first game 15-13, but the competition had just begun. Wyant used a devastating combination of hard-hitting and soft touch to confuse Orphan and win second game, 15-11. In the third game, Wyant kept a very calm demeanor and edged Orphan again...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Squash Gets Back on Track vs. Amherst | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

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