Word: tranquil
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...dawn, as he gets his gear ready, stuffing his chute and rig into a backpack so it won't be conspicuous as he climbs the trestles beneath the bridge (jumping from this bridge, as from many other public and private structures, is illegal) he has entered into a tranquil state, as if he were silently preparing himself for the upcoming risk...
...Westchester town of Chappaqua. The First Family announced Thursday they?d paid $1.7 million to acquire a five-bedroom house built in 1889, giving Hillary Rodham Clinton a place to unpack her carpetbag and get busy on her bid for New York?s Senate seat. But residents of the tranquil New York City suburb needn?t fear being turned into an extension of Pennsylvania Avenue. "As long as Bill Clinton is in the White House, this house will remain strictly an occasional weekend getaway," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "And once he?s out of office, Clinton...
This meshing of eras is most effective on the standout track "Porcelain." Crackling with the sounds of a vintage record player and a wordless chorus, the song ebbs and flows with synthesized vocals and drumbeats, all carried by tranquil New Age piano...
...Their tranquil, folky sound was once dubbed "dream pop," so the Irish quartet spent most of the 1990s trying to dispel that label (and its implied wimpyness) by veering into rough-edged rock. Bury the Hatchet deftly reverses course, scaling back the band's vision from the worldly to the personal and unearthing the contemplative style that got lost in layers of guitar noise. The band has rediscovered where its allure lies: in carefully sculpted songs that aren't too overpowering...
...Calm, tranquil, quiet. Besides the chatterings of a few techies doing last-minute painting, the Loeb Mainstage is empty two hours before dress rehearsal begins. The seemingly lifeless theater is like a bear in winter, hibernating until the next performance...