In 1982, she calmed down a madman who had gained entry into her bedroom at Buckingham Palace.

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She also calmed fears of further bailouts for eurozone countries, saying important lessons had been learned.

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"One passenger thought she was having a heart attack and the flight attendants calmed her down, and it turned out she wasn't having a heart attack, she was just very nervous, " Haynes said.

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It wasn't until weeks later, in another doctor's office, that she happened upon an article that calmed her: some women, it said, can't breastfeed, for physical reasons.

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Timock says the weather has calmed down a bit, but she says more dry, windy thunderstorms are headed this way and, so far, only a small part of the fire has been brought under control.

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