But after the relative serenity of December, the first two weeks of January will probably be a period that tests the nerves of both traders and investors.

The most striking aspect of the development was the relative serenity with which the news was received in Russia and abroad.

After living the sport's nomadic existence, and for a while rejecting it, after winning championships at virtually every level but one, Quinn seems encased in relative serenity.

Although their wares are hardly unique, they offer the opportunity to shop in relative serenity.

We infinitely preferred the relative serenity of One Pico, the hotel's main dining room just off the lobby.

For all the relative serenity of the final pages, though, a reader cannot count on Mr. Iyer's staying home, wherever that is, for long.

A number of corporate and sovereign borrowers took advantage of yesterday's relative serenity to price new debt offerings.

One frequently mentioned measure of the relative serenity of Belfast today is the fact that fewer pedestrians run for cover when a car backfires.

Nine kilometres of that took it to a wall which led into the relative serenity - or at least, stillness - of the sea battle tableau.

These pressures mount until the relative serenity of the mountain idyll comes to a violent end.