Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...into knots ("I do say this: I may have, but I am not saying I didn't, but I don't believe I have. I do say this ..."), he has been vastly successful in making himself understood. His warm grin is known around the earth, but in private his temper can flare with crackling, barracks-room fluency. He seems boundlessly friendly and outgiving, but White House insiders have long since grown used to having him pass in the halls without a nod or a word. He has seen and been seen by more crowds than any other...
After steaming into Manhattan to begin a U.S. concert tour, Britain's mellowing (80) Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, accompanied by his 27-year-old bride of five months, showed further signs of gaining on the famed terrible temper that he once lost daily. He even waved a tiny U.S. flag, mustered an almost benign expression...