Word: self-control
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...Class. Couve de Murville is in the tradition of his famous predecessors. He shares with Richelieu a mastery of detail and an acute sense of the true political situation, and possesses much of the glacial calm and stiff self-control of Talleyrand. So far, he has been the nearly flawless tactician of De Gaulle's grand strategy with its goals of 1) primacy in Europe, 2) increasing independence from the U.S., and 3) emergence as leader of the world's third force...
...Schafer and New York Psychiatrist Walter Bromberg. According to Schafer, Ruby has an IQ of 109-meaning that he tests higher in intelligence than 73% of the population. But he also suffers from brain damage that results in a kind of epilepsy which produces blackouts and loss of self-control. "There were frequent occasions of mild confusion," said Schafer, describing the 9½-hour series of tests that he gave Ruby. "His speech was loose. Some statements were almost incoherent. His perception of some test items was grossly distorted. Some of the ideas he entertained were peculiar and inappropriate, with...
...everyone who smokes marijuana enjoys the experience. Some people dislike the numbness or tingling of the limbs that the drug can produce. Others become very sleepy. And those who have been drinking first sometimes become violently Marijuana almost always impairs the smoker's judgment and self-control...
...rock lobster contract he must seem simpdtico to the proud Bam-bas-Quincy family, whose wealth dominates the island. Finally, Ben Smith sees what Author Ellin's cluttered symbolism has been thundering about all along: U.S. commerce and Santo Stefano cruelty are all of a piece. The self-control demanded of the self-hanged men-who lose the contest if they begin to twitch and jiggle in the noose too soon-is precisely the quiescence Seaways demands of him against the hope of prospering in the company. O'Harragh has even made a secret bargain with Bambas-Quincy...
...judged by their results. The present enthusiasm of Leary and his associates is providing the stimulus for what may be a very valuable investigation. Such enthusiasm, no doubt, also carries with it some dangers. I am reminded of Freud's (pre-psychoanalytic) enthusiasm about the "exhilaration ... euphoria ... vitality ... self-control," resulting from his use of cocaine, on which he was doing research. He prescribed it to many of his friends for minor and major discomforts, with disastrous results in the case of Ernst von Fleischl, who became addicted. Leary and Alpert are undoubtedly quite well aware of similar potential dangers...