Word: calms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last word. So this spring, two months before he succumbed at 59 to cancer of the pancreas and liver, he staged his own funeral oration on Britain's Channel 4 program Without Walls. In the 70-minute conversation with host Melvyn Bragg, the dying man displayed a new, calm bravery. At one point he paused, knee-high in the stream of his eloquence, to ask if he might take a sip of liquid morphine to ease his pain. Bragg wondered if they should stop; Potter replied, "It's better to go on." As another poet of profound distress, Samuel Beckett...
Albright said the U.S. would also "seek approval of a U.N. peacekeeping force to provide training and promote calm once the military leaders have left...
...contrast, calm prevailed in Jericho, a generally peaceful town where militants have never gained a foothold. There, 730 Palestinian peacekeepers found themselves directing traffic and helping tidy up the city. "They are highly professional and give people a sense of security," said Emad Barahmeh, a Jericho shopkeeper. An Israeli lieutenant colonel concurred: "I have only compliments for their performance...
Foster praised Kent's patience and calm demeanor, especially during the medical school application process...
Vallier, who came to Harvard from the Groton. School, was known for his friendliness, calm and fairness when he worked as associate director of personnel services for the Faculty three years ago. In that role, Vallier handled sensitive complaints from Professors and staff...