Word: temperamental
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Though lyrically involved with the Italian past, Twombly seldom quotes directly from its dead artists. An exception is Leonardo, whose temperament -- combining a fastidious eye for minute incident with a pessimistic, even apocalyptic imagination -- evidently intrigues him.The most successful trace is in Leda and the Swan, 1962, which enlarges the...
But Aristide is a slender reed on which to lean. No one is certain whether to trust his promises of a program that sounds rather conservative. He says he intends to decentralize Haiti's government, cut the army to about 1,500 people, reduce the bloated civil service, lower tariffs...
Diana, who has a strong will but a fragile temperament, may really have buckled under the strains that followed her decision to leave her old, privileged life as Charles' rejected wife. No new life is open to her, and any attempts to get to know another man would be met...
Bayreuth has always been run by a Wagner, and now it is Richard's grandson Wolfgang, 75, who is in charge. As skilled a manager as his forebear, possessing just as combative and strife-prone a temperament, Wolfgang is the most visible person at the festival. He also conducts one...
"If Ross Perot had given us more assuranceabout his temperament and had a reasonablyarticulate vice president, he would be president,no doubt about it," Tsongas said.