Word: temperamental
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Much of his greatest work, such as New York City's Guggenheim Museum, is definitively 20th century, yet doesn't fit easily into the standard modernist canon -- Wright's buildings are too craftsmanlike, too exuberant, too strange. Was he the greatest architect of the 19th century (as the young Philip...
Straddling the intersection between the Great Miami, the Mad and the Stillwater rivers, Dayton is the kind of town where locals still thank travelers for visiting and really mean it. "We're so white bread," chuckles Sidlo, referring to the regional temperament rather than skin color. Though modest, residents are...
"Even when she was still in college, I told everyone that of all the people that I've ever coached, she has the best temperament for sailboat racing [of] anyone I've ever known," Horn said.
This point is echoed by mid-level officials at the White House and Bush campaign headquarters. They are worried that the President and several of his top advisers -- campaign manager Robert Teeter, White House chief of staff Sam Skinner, Treasury Secretary Nick Brady -- are far too confident that in the...
The chief complaint of this campaign season is that the candidates are avoiding "the issues." But the issues can be overrated. An hour or two of spontaneous give-and-take provides an important glimpse of the candidate in real, human interaction: a taste of his temperament, a reading of his...