Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This startling scene, viewed by millions over national television last week, provoked a flurry of comments and questions about the President's state of mind. Was the temper tantrum a sign that he might be buckling under pressure? "It was a highly unusual situation," explained Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren, "a difficult situation...
...Gambril, or Goldston--they are lost to you forever and are mere memories for those of us who have watched, rejoiced, suffered and agonized through their tenure at Harvard--but you still may find the incredibility of an Edo, a Radcliffe crew, an Yntema, a Crimson baseball juggernaut to temper and minimize your loss, to fill the vacuum left by characters that no longer thrive in Cambridge. And most importantly, you may yet produce, in the vague and limitless four years apportioned you here, people and teams that will transcend the memories and ghosts of the departed.HESS YNTEMA...
...dugout last spring, Head Coach Don Blasingame could see why the rival batters were lambasting his fastballing pitcher. Blasingame asked for time out and told the pitcher to throw more change-up pitches. The catcher, mistaking the instruction as criticism of his pitch-calling abilities, lost his temper and got into a shouting match with the coach. Fortunately, neither man could understand what the other was saying, for Blasingame was ranting in English while the catcher was raving in Japanese. The first American ever to serve as the head coach of a professional Japanese baseball team, the monolingual Blasingame usually...
Stockton's temper was just as evil, but he controlled it better. He didn't explode, he boiled. And so did his game. He played to a tempo, tuning it, gaging it, then throwing it out of kilter to come in for the big one. He was a heavy hitter who didn't rush his points, or throw-away shots with chancy acrobatics. He played like a wolf stalking his prey, always the challenged, never the challenger. And he was 17 before anyone his age really could put up that challenge...
...junior year, it was clear that Walker's football could take him no further than the local teacher's college; and in basketball, he sat on a bench for the first time in his life. His temper grew short, he drifted away from school activities, and he began to get in trouble for skipping classes. Teachers said he was bright and a natural leader, but that he had "a motivation problem...