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eye of the storm

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the eye of the storm
the center of a disagreement. The man in the eye of the storm is accused of selling secrets to the enemy.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of the eye of the storm (= the middle of a mass of severe weather)
See also: eye, storm


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``With the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the anticipated restructuring of the armed forces and the possibility of other potential overseas challenges, the committee is going to be in the eye of the storm in 2007.
Against the wishes of his practical parents, Charles Weston has come to Whitman not to pursue his art studies but to meet Graeme Brandt, the young author of a novel called The Eye of the Storm.
You might say we are in the eye of the storm when things are calm for a while, but massive volatile moves are just around the corner.
 
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