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  • The place where humans had first set foot on the Moon's dusty surface was still called Tranquillity Base; the American astronauts had, even then, been thinking in non-nationalistic terms.

    Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

  • A pair of astronauts used a giant robotic arm to move the observation deck from one side of the space station's newest room, called Tranquillity, to the other.

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • It says the surrounding area "is defined as a Tranquillity Zone - yet the M40 corridor is noisier than central London".

    unknown title 2009

  • June -- "Tranquillity" plan collapses; Bone and Hone take over

    Brief Chronology 1998

  • Southwark, the first of a series of failed stationery and bookshops. enters partnership with John Bone (former LCS operative); together they establish "Tranquillity," a combination savings bank, employment office, and annuity plan.

    Brief Chronology 1998

  • The journey to "Tranquillity" was in those days a tedious one, but the

    American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • This was called "Tranquillity," a fine large place near Oyster Bay, set in a grove of beautiful trees.

    American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • Thrace, ravaging and burning, these solemn praises of "Tranquillity".

    Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872

  • Afflictions had so entirely subjected her Mind, that after some Years had abated the Violence of her Sorrows, and settled her Thoughts in a kind of Tranquillity, she resolved to pass the Remainder of her Days in

    The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

  • Wednesday March 3, 2010 1: 04 PM By Lisa Doll Bruno Known as "Tranquillity," this circa 1850 traditional-style home is the oldest house in Wheatley Heights.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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