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[ee'-kwah-NIM-i-tee, ek'-wah-NIM-i-tee] 
1. the quality of being even-tempered or mentally calm; composure: "It simply isn't natural for a class of tenth graders to handle sex education class with quiet equanimity."
Origin:
Approximately 1616; from Latin, 'aequanimitas,' from 'aequanimus': even-tempered ('aequus': even + 'animus': mind, spirit). In action:
"This Othello -- quite curious, isn't he? A black man who wins the respect of white Venice for his military prowess, he then incurs the city's racist wrath when he falls in love and elopes with the fairest girl in the land, who is much younger than he. Yet even amid vile and incendiary insults slung at him, the Moor maintains his dignity and equanimity while squarely facing down bigots.
How, then, can such a clearly self-assured, rational and judicious soul fall victim -- almost instantaneously -- to a jealous rage so furious that it drives him beyond all reason?
That's a question any production must answer if the play is to hit with the full force of tragedy. That is why the best that can be said of the Folger Theatre's production, which just opened, is that it is a very good thriller. Aaron Posner, who directed the Folger's sublime production of 'As You Like It' last season, holds your attention. But you're never drawn into the maelstrom of emotions that destroys Othello (Craig Wallace)."
William Triplett. "Folger's 'Othello': Unreasoned Rage," The Washington Post (May 17, 2002).
"The international Human Genome Project's landmark publication of the map of the human genome appeared in the February 15 issue of the scientific journal Nature.
Rival human genome mappers at Celera Genomics published their map one day later in the February 16 issue of Science.
At a joint press conference in Washington D.C. announcing the publications , Craig Venter, president and chief scientific officer of Celera, sat to the right of Francis Collins. At a press conference during the annual conference of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science on Saturday, Collins sat on the right while Venter sat to the left.
And so everything will continue with absolute equanimity throughout the AAAS meeting. Collins gave the first human genome keynote speech on Saturday evening, and Venter will have his turn on Sunday night.
Kristen Philipkoski. "What Your Genes Do for You," Wired.com (February 19, 2001).
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