Word: tranquil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...banking reforms did not make every bank solvent. His farm measures did not pay off the debt on every farm. But [his] tactics saved the day. We have prevented disorders, riots, social upheavals. We have cared for the needy, we have averted panic and catastrophe. . . . The United States is tranquil, solvent and confident...
...earnings. ... But when my sincere offers were met with conditions and impositions which would have diminished my dignity as a man and as an artist, I preferred to follow the only straight path: never to bargain with one's self respect leave the Metropolitan with a tranquil conscience but with sadness in my heart...
...inviolate as the Monroe Doctrine, settling down over the Carribean. There is the deep rapture and breath taking enthusiasm of Professor McIlwain which sweeps the stupidity of Stephen and of the class into brighter realms. There is Edgell playing like the eternal fountains of D'Este. There is the tranquil sentiment of Mr. Hersey as he sits like a corner of London, and a truly delightful corner, in Sever 11. There are all these and many more. They have given their time, their energy, and their devotion to the high cause of Harvard and they can not be forgotten...
Last autumn I happened to be dining with the Regent of Hungary on the night of the pound sterling's collapse. Every one was gloomy and prognosticating the end of all things with the fall of England, when the Regent, who looks just like an English admiral?the same tranquil "sea" eyes?raised his glass and said as quietly as Lord Nelson might have done...
...currently show, even on paper, such a surplus. During March moreover the pound sterling gained 20¢ on international exchange and held this gain last week. In Budapest His Serene Highness Admiral Nicholas Horthy de Nagybanya, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, would have been well justified in raising his tranquil "sea" eyes and drinking again to England...