Newcastle upon Tyne is one of the big northern cities where calm has prevailed, so far.

An optimist in Palestine these days is someone who believes that calm will prevail for a few years, before the next intifada begins.

Yet the gentle calm prevails; it seems inseparable from Ms. Brown's personality.

Diners who wish to converse will want to sit in the bar area, where greater calm prevails.

We hope that calm will prevail during this period.

A tense calm prevails, but the two sides remain wary adversaries, poised for a resumption of hostilities at any time.

After I explained the situation, calm did prevail.

In that world, a deceptive calm prevails.

The Commission hopes that calm will prevail during this period and that channels of communication between the various political groups will be kept open.

The European Union must do whatever it can to help ensure that calm and caution prevail.