Word: temperamental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The whale in question was no Moby Dick (a monstrous albino sperm whale) but a finback measuring 44 ft. 2 in. and weighing an estimated 50 tons. It was no Moby Dick by temperament either: far from eluding pursuit, it seemed to seek out Dr. White. No fewer than five...
The earliest effort of Modigliani, Reclining Female Nude, relates directly to his sculptural experimentation in primitive forms, but even here, lyricism, his greatest gift, predominates. From 1911 to 1915, Modigliani was profoundly influenced by Cubist distortion of the human form, and most of his drawings from this period are unsatisfying...
M.I.T. will field a lineup consisting mostly of Latin American exchange students. The Engineers usually display a typically Southern Hemisphere brand of soccer, with sensational passing and shooting and frequent outbursts of temperament. The M.I.T. line is very strong on offense, with teamwork its only want. However, the Engineer backfield...
In his historic address on his seventieth anniversary on October 19, 1929, I heard John Dewey say in New York, "...one of the conditions of happiness is the opportunity of a calling, a career which somehow is congenial to one's own temperament. I have had the sheer luck or...
54. Which one of the following four designations most nearly describes your political temperament: