Word: temperamental
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Bedinger's change of heart seemed indicative of a tectonic shift in the Democratic electorate, a phenomenon deeper than the sudden waning of Dean's poll numbers--a movement toward sobriety and away from bombast, a search for a candidate with ballast. The easiest way for a politician to flaunt...
The Bold Man and the Sea Russell Crowe is a strong person and a great actor because of his intensity and savantlike dedication to his characters [Nov. 24]. It was refreshing to read an article about him that was not sensationalized. The quirks of temperament in his personality are what...
Russell Crowe is a strong person and a great actor because of his intensity and savant-like dedication to his characters [Nov. 10]. It was refreshing to read an article about him that wasn't sensationalized. The quirks of temperament in his personality are what you find in most people...
A different kind of barrier had to be surmounted by last week's other premiering pianist, the Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang, 21, who made his recital bow at Carnegie Hall. Helped by his parents' heroic scrimping, Lang Lang overcame poverty in the city of Shenyang, which had only one dusty...
Her temperament and the times were well matched. It was early 1943, and the Republic of China was struggling to resist the invading forces of imperial Japan. Soong Mei-ling, then 45 and the wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, happened to be in the U.S. for medical reasons. Seizing...