During the 20-minute drive, he spoke easily and impressed me with his knowledge, English fluency, and calm, kind air.

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In the life of a Chinese tourist, guides play an especially prominent role translator, raconteur, and field marshal and Li projected a calm, seasoned air.

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There is an air of calm and peace at this racing oval at the foot of the San Gabriel mountains.

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The Swede has exuded an air of calm into England's team, an ambience reflected by the measured response to Carsten Jancker's early strike.

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Korean Air's Morning Calm members need to fly 50, 000 miles to become SkyTeam Elite members, while their Delta brethren earn the same privileges with just 30, 000.

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But although the transmission mentioned "failure", Mr Lewis, from Merseyside, sounded calm, said a report by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB).

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"All the resources of government security and strategic air are working at this moment to restore calm and tranquility to this region of the country, " he said.

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But, even then, Porumboiu keeps his perspective: calm but not impassive, skeptical but not cynical, he reinforces the air of normalcy and essential fearlessness that characterizes life since the fall of the tyrant.

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Indeed, in an effort apparently designed to calm concerns, one of Boeing's airline customers - Bjorn Kjos, chief executive of Norwegian Air Shuttle - has come out in defence of the plane, echoing the view that "minor problems" such as these should be expected.

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