Word: tranquilizing
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...while the political climate at Harvard remained tranquil despite the outbreak of the Korean War, with little activism on campus, Mansfield says a clear shift in the political beliefs of undergraduates was beginning...
...time being local leaders have no plans to pave paradise?even if they are putting up a parking lot. Says Diqing County Chief Pu Luhua: "Yubeng is a tranquil place. And we mean to keep it that way. We know this approach will be more profitable in the long run." But for now, the challenges of doing so take my breath away...
...antenna, the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa; the length from bow to stern is two proverbial American football fields, including the end zones. Davien and I were the only noncrew passengers aboard (supernumeraries, in the lingo of the sea), so we had a vast expanse of tranquil time and space at our disposal. On a cargo ship the entertainment is the ship and the sea?and the self. I've never had so much personal time. For anyone who is at all serious about reading or writing, traveling aboard a cargo ship such as the Ingrid Oldendorff...
Listening to James Yorkston’s debut album Moving Up Country, it’s impossible not to think of his sleepy Scottish hometown. Amid the tranquil guitar strumming and naively religious lyrics (sounding like James Taylor’s take on gospel), the melodies have an unmistakable Celtic twang that imbues the album with much-needed hints of something fresh...
Last April, Fu’s two worlds—her husband’s political activism and her tranquil family life—crashed into each other...