The announcement of this new policy last September helped calm concerns over Europe's debt crisis and the future of the euro.
As a tense morning calm settled over the capital, Tehran, the release of the final official count appeared to have been delayed.
Downing Street has sought to calm fears over possible action against Iraq, saying it is wrong to believe a military response is imminent.
But Holy Week, the Christian festival that commemorates the last week of Jesus' life, is a solemn celebration, and once mass begins, a calm settles over the congregation.
He spoke to CNN as an uneasy calm hung over the Kenyan capital Friday, after almost a week of violence that, according to government figures, has left at least 300 people dead and up to 75, 000 people internally displaced.
Invariably after a pleasant exchange, I felt a sense of calm connection washing over me that is sorely lacking in my normal workdays.
Yahoo, Softbank and Alibaba Group issued a joint statement Sunday that is clearly addressed at trying to calm the storm over the ownership structure of the online payments company Alipay.
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But chief executive Chris Ronnie insisted that management would stay "calm and focused" over the rest of this financial year.
Metro AG itself won't comment other than to say that these are "market rumors, " which doesn't exactly calm any frayed nerves over in Redmond.
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Alas, such are the powerful entrenched interests in drugmaking that it will take something stronger than a dose of information to calm the current fever over pill-pricing.
It marked a return to the fold for Josep Guardiola, the influential Barcelona midfielder who has it in him to rouse his side from lethargy, or calm things down when over-excitement sets in.
The news also came as Morsy, according to state-run al-Ahram, was holding a meeting with his defense council over how to calm the unrest.
When Mr Brown took over, his calm handling of incidents as varied as a terrorist plot and summer floods raised hopes that he could at least run a competent if uninspiring government.
And once I got over that, a calm set in.
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Handlers calm the animal by draping a cloth over its eyes as you mount.
Over in Athens, Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, announced further measures to calm markets, including their intention to achieve a primary market surplus of over 1% of GDP in 2012.
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Not to be outdone, the cinematography, by Andrij Parekh, watches over these absurdities with a brooding calm.
Our fund managers are remaining calm about the prospect of big currency adjustments over the coming year.
They don't count all the times a member of the flight crew manages to calm an anxious flier or successfully mediates disputes over seats or armrests.
Home prices, and sales, in many cities declined after the central government implemented a series of tightening measures over the past two years to calm runaway prices.
The markets appeared to calm amid hopes that the economist would take over the reins shortly, correspondents say, and borrowing levels fell back from the previous day's record highs.
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Shinty's governing body has appealed for calm following the escalation of a war of words over plans for league reconstruction.
"It's easy to say 'the series is over, let's let this calm down and cricket will return to normal', " said Strauss.
Despite a relative calm in the Jackson family feud that set in over the weekend, youngest son Randy Jackson remained on the attack Monday against the men who run the Michael Jackson estate, accusing them of trying to isolate his mother so they could control the heirs they are obligated by law to protect.
Meantime, the leaders in the European Union over the weekend scrambled and made pronouncements to try to calm the market place regarding its own sovereign debt crisis.
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Mr Yates had allegedly placed his hand over her mouth so she could not breathe but eventually she managed to calm him.
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The widely expected abdication comes at a time of debate over the future of the largely ceremonial Dutch monarchy, but also as calm has descended upon the Netherlands after a decade of turmoil that saw Beatrix act as the glue that held together an increasingly divided society.
During the second quarter, several European companies pulled their listing plans as renewed uncertainty over the euro-zone crisis brought to an end a period of relative calm to markets.
Jewett said he thinks Triplett's motivation is to foster calm and moderation and to reach out to different sectors of a town where people are at odds over the police handling of the case.
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