1.   In spite of my outward calm I was very shaken.

2.   The outward calm she was managing to project was achieved only by a supreme effort of will-power.

3.   And, despite the huge stakes, the vice president says he approaches the session with outward calm.

4.   And yet, despite the outward calm, there are inklings of panic.

5.   On Thursday afternoon in the VIP room of the Chanel store on Rodeo Drive, there was outward calm but an underlying current of drama.

6.   Yet beyond a few flare-ups, he invests his character with an outward calm that is unnerving.

7.   Yet Nelford affected an outward calm.