Word: tranquillity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trouble was that the Greek army was still not quite used to sorties. When Operation Coronet began, the officer in charge was Lieut. General Panos Kalogeropoulos, commander of the Second Corps, a tranquil, French-trained officer who loved his garden and allowed his staff to bring their wives and children along on campaign. For six weeks Kalogeropoulos tended his flowers, while his dispirited troops were strictly forbidden to advance beyond their set, limited objectives...
...Even in tranquil Rhodes, U.N.'s Palestine Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte was offered a mediation job. Two local soccer teams, the Dorics and Diagonos, both claimed the Rhodian championship, and the local one-sheet newspaper suggested that Bernadotte compose the quarrel. (Bernadotte was too busy.) Apart from that, all was serenity in the Dodecanese island which Bernadotte had chosen for his Palestine peace talks. Governor General Nicholas Mavris welcomed correspondents, many straight from embattled Palestine: "Now you have been able to discover an oasis of peace...
...believe that war with Russia is inevitable or even probable," he insisted, "at least in the next four years. On the other hand, I do not believe we can force a settlement in the near future which will allow us to live in a tranquil period...
...form a Hebrew State. The Arabs reiterated their determination to destroy it. It is evident that the only way that peace can be maintained in the Holy Land is through the agency of a U.N. force. Without this force warfare is inevitable; with it, partition will be as tranquil as trusteeship or any other proposal. Peace is not the answer...
Seldom in all its 57 years had Carnegie Hall been so jammed-and never so racked by such raucous music. The 200 fans on stage had the most tranquil spot: they were behind the brass. But out in front, the louder it got, the better they liked it. And no band yet had outblown Stan Kenton's for sheer...