11.  Torre calmed the waters unlike any manager before him in the Steinbrenner era.

12.  Upcoming story lines, which include one about a gay priest, do not promise to calm the waters.

13.  Veteran catcher Dave Valle, who spent practically his entire career with the Mariners, went from locker to locker and calmed the waters.

14.  Worship in resort areas should draw from its setting, said Wagner, such as an oceanside reference to Jesus calming the waters for his disciples.

15.  Other EU nations tried to calm the waters and convince Spain to accept a lower quota in return for other concessions.

16.  His words were sure to inflame passions in Madrid, despite efforts in other EU nations to calm the waters.

17.  It took no less than a Cabinet minister to calm the waters.

18.  On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Jose Vicente Rangel held a breakfast meeting with foreign reporters to try to calm the waters.

19.  President Carlos Menem tried to calm the waters after firing Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo, saying there would be no major changes in policy.

20.  Trying hard to calm rough waters, club chairman Lorenzo Sanz denied that his coach had been issued any kind of ultimatum.