Word: tranquillity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seemed at the tranquil Venice summit...
...leaders got along better with one another than they have at past meetings. Carter is still regarded with suspicion and indeed disdain by some European leaders, who think that he is too much of an amateur in statecraft. But for the most part, allied tensions ebbed in the tranquil setting of la Serenissima...
...security did not seem to bode well for easy negotiations. Union leaders expressed a willingness to struggle hard after a two-year hiatus, and resentment towards Harvard's attitude--"It's a shame to drain off financial resources unnecessarily to the support services," Powers says--did not promise tranquil bargaining sessions...
Floods and hurricanes have been the concerns of all Presidents. But most of them also needed some tranquil moments with nature. Johnson would abruptly stamp his feet on the White House drive, look glumly at the gray Washington skies and fly off to his Texas ranch, declaring "I've got to see the stars again." Down there he would walk beside his small river, the Pedernales, and explain, "To a rancher, running water is the prettiest sound God ever made...
These days, an informed father is essential, not least, in Cole's book, because he is the mother's backup in her struggles with the obstetrician. Male doctors are not exactly the heroes of this book. For all is not peaceful birthing rooms and tranquil, exultant deliveries, as older mothers once hoped. According to Cole, women who have placed their faith in the teachings of Fernand Lamaze, Frederick Leboyer, Elizabeth Bing and other advocates of natural childbirth will, almost automatically, find themselves in an adversary position when they enter the hospital. She writes: "The truth is that childbirth...