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eye of the hurricane
(redirected from Eye of the Storm)

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eye of the hurricane and eye of the storm 
1. Lit. the area of calm in the center of a tornado, hurricane, or cyclone. It is calm and peaceful in the eye of the storm.
2. Fig. a temporary peaceful time amidst more trouble and strife yet to come. Don't relax. This is the eye of the storm. The lunch hour rush is over, but the dinner rush will start soon.
See also: eye


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Gloria Henke has always wished she didn't have so many responsibilities as a political leader commanding a squadron of battle cruisers, but things are about to get even more complicated when she's taken as a prison in war in a battle in which she's the eye of the storm of new controversy.
And Stuart's long-held ambition of driving right into the very eye of the storm isn't so much an anti-cyclone as an anti-climax.
In fact, gay readers who've been feeling spiritually bereft for whatever reason may find In the Eye of the Storm to be a calming force as they wrestle with questions of faith.
 
 
 
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