Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three months, as the Government has struggled in the deepening morass of Britain's troubles, Winston Churchill has thrived on the confusion of his Laborite adversaries. His temper has shortened, his glower deepened and his oratory come to full flower again. He no longer talks about turning over his captaincy to a younger man. Some optimistic Conservatives have brightened; perhaps, after all, there is an immediate future for the Tory Party...
After a long, tiring final day rounding out his information, Sid Copeland expressed Seattle's temper and his own in the lead sentence of his report. Wrote he: "Normalcy is a good word to describe the mood hereabouts this spring because everyone's beefing again...
...first reading, last issue's lead story in TIME'S National Affairs department on the mood & temper of the U.S. at this season appears to be the product of one, man's judgment...
...relief. Therefore, her supplies are diminishing alarmingly. I am most anxious for the baby's food to get off right away. If she had to go a day without the right food, we would all end up in the insane asylum. She is an angel with a temper that pierces eardrums, raises roofs, blasts buildings...
...chorus ceased to be a mere massed accompaniment to the soloists, became vociferous participants in the speedy, highly involved counterpoint of Gilbertian song. Through him, too, many a D'Oyly Carte Company member rose from the ranks to stardom. It was rarely a smooth rise: Gilbert's temper was as full of spikes as a bag of nails, his rehearsals long and terrifying. Once, when a player warmly urged his untalented mistress on Gilbert for a star part, Gilbert turned to a friend, said: "The fellow's obviously trying to blow his own strumpet...