Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wish to express my profound admiration for Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens. . . He has returned courtesy for discourtesy. He has given lucid answers to confused questions . . . Above all, he has preserved his good temper while dealing with bad temper...
...English tutors, 'With his keen, very enthusiastic opinions on many authors and problems in the whole field of English, I am always surprised by his readiness to listen to the most absurd idea. Even when that idea is pressed in heated discussion, Bate will not lose his temper, as subjective as he may feel about the given subject...
After the votes were counted in Illinois' primary elections last week, the nominees for the U.S. Senate were overflowing with diplomacy. Said Senator Paul Douglas, unopposed in the Democratic primary: "I'll wage my campaign without malice, and in good temper." Said Joseph T. Meek, the Chicago Tribune-supported candidate who beat eight other Republicans: "It's always been 'Paul' and 'Joe' between...
...Premier, swallowing his indignation, then wrote: "Come to see me Wednesday," and sent the summons by messenger. But the messenger did not hand it personally to Juin, and the Marshal lost his temper at this breach of etiquette. "Another day," he retorted, "not tonight...
Boston's late Frederic C. Dumaine once advised his hockey-playing son: "If a man hurts you on that rink, don't lose your temper. Give it to him cleanly, according to the rules, but give it to him.'' Young Frederic C. Dumaine Jr. never forgot that advice. Now 51 and head of the family's $28 million New England empire, Buck Dumaine last week was in the toughest scrap of his life, fighting according to the rules but as hard as he could...