Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...value of time, the philosophy of virtuous impatience affords one the time to exercise discretion. Guided by patience, we too often finds ourselves in circumstances which unnecessarily consume our time. Human nature is prone to laziness. Were we to live by the virtue of impatience, we would temper our laziness sufficiently to allow for the completion of our tasks and the enjoyment of all those idle pleasures we hold dear...
...obvious favorite in these contests. With his adoption of traditionally Republican positions such as kicking welfare recipients and immigrants while they're down, he'll easily dodge much of Dole's criticism. Hopefully, Clinton will also be able to bait the crusty ex-senator into losing his notorious temper. That could very well provide the Democrats with a soundbite (such as Dole's 1976 "Democrat wars" seething) that they can use to heap insult upon the injury that they have already inflicted on Dole's third (and thankfully, last) doomed crusade for the presidency...
...America's eyes and ears, and your good name was tarnished," says Professor Amatzia Baram of Israel's Haifa University, a leading Iraq expert. "U.S. credibility and reputation for protecting its friends has suffered a terrible blow." Even as the U.S. deploys F-117 Stealth fighter-bombers to temper Saddam's erratic outbursts, the CIA must rebuild its Iraqi operation from the bottom...
...should temper this vast Unabomber-esque techno critique with two observations. First of all, e-mail notes serve a variety of purposes. Electronic mail is an efficient way to exchange vital information quickly, and as those who have had to wait for hours to use Science Center or Loker Commons computer terminals know, brevity has its advantages. But in notes to close friends, especially friends in remote locales, one should never choose function over fashion. Second, letters are constructed with a flourish and if a particular writer favors short muscular phrases, why not go with...
...with the President. Morris told her before it was made public, she said, that NASA had evidence of life on Mars, and he let her read an advance copy of Hillary Clinton's convention speech. He told her his secret nickname for Clinton--"the Monster," inspired by Clinton's temper. Morris told Rowlands that he calls Hillary "the Twister," because she stirs up trouble. In a notebook that Rowlands says is her diary of the affair, she recorded Morris telling her he also called Clinton "the blind man" because "he's super-intellagent [sic] but has no common sense...