Word: tranquillizing
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...people who have looked to the future. That has sometimes been a noble tendency, but it can also be a curse. At its most grotesque, it has led otherwise rational men to argue that massive killing and destruction of property are justifiable because they will bring about a tranquil future. At its most bathetic, it has helped to create an American cult whose holy writ is the Great Insurance Policy in the Sky which helps you "lay away" something for college when you are 16, for medical school when you are 18, for marriage when you are 20, for retirement...
...Zambezi River is a traditional -and usually tranquil-dividing line between black-ruled and white-ruled Africa. In the past two months, however, the muddy, snaking river that separates Zambia from Rhodesia has become something of a war zone. Its banks are studded on both sides with mines, its waters are patrolled by Zambian and Rhodesian gunboats, and gunfire echoes sporadically along its 400-mile border section...
...strange and different thing disrupted the tranquil life I have described. T.28's and jets began to fly over my village everyday, making a terrible racket, constantly startling me and making one afraid. I had never known anything like this in all my life. But my father was a person who was not afraid and he went about working the fields and gardens as he pleased. After that the planes came all the time, making life very difficult. Whatever you looked the planes bombed, destroying fences, fields, gardens--storage bins, and houses Life became very difficult for evasion. You couldn...
...This tranquil resignation is strongly contrasted with the harried, impatient, worrisome lives of their children and grandchildren. One son's profession as neighborhood doctor forces him to neglect his family, the Tokyo daughter is so stingy that she begrudges her parents every bite they eat, while a total lack of traditional calm surfaces in the grandson who throws temper-tantrums whenever he is crossed...
...dramatic Finale, with its extensive (forty-six measures long) second subject theme, was magnificent. Mr. Mehta and the orchestra breathed life and excitement into the music, conveying a full spectrum of emotions--from the delicate, tranquil passages, to the majestic brass ensemble sections. Throughout, crispness and vitality prevailed, as the final section ended with a rousing flourish, prompting a standing ovation...