Word: tranquillize
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...passage. All seems tranquil...
...Adlai Stevenson once said, "I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." Surely no less can be said of Bob Hope, an American among Americans...
...district town of Loc Ninh, some 70 miles north of Saigon, was a company town and, until last week, a tranquil and prosperous one. Most of its 10,000 inhabitants worked for a giant French rubber plantation, the Societe des Caoutchoucs d'Extreme-Orient, whose trees marched away row upon row, mile after mile, across the low hills toward the Cambodian border...
...policemen question and search the villagers, poke the ground with their rods in search of holes hiding Viet Cong or arms. They usually flush out both, and load them into the Chinook. With that, the police and the Cavalrymen withdraw. Usually within two hours the village is alone and tranquil again-minus its Viet Cong...
...purple reports of disorder gradually trailed off. The reason may well be that Canton's semiannual trade fair is due to begin in two weeks. Japanese China watchers are convinced that it will open to its foreign visitors more or less on schedule, showing them a fairly tranquil city...