Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years to come, when Ireland Eliesse Basinger-Baldwin grows up, her daddy will laugh when he tells the story of the day she was brought home from the hospital and he lost his temper with a free-lance videographer who was trying to capture the moment. But for now things are a little sour. Alan Zanger claims ALEC BALDWIN punched him in the face and knocked him over. Recounted Zanger: "He said, 'You got what you deserved.'" The police--not entirely trusting, perhaps, of this version of events--had Zanger put Baldwin under citizen's arrest before they would book...
...slightest way. It has proved to be a potent political force. It galvanized hundreds of thousands of black people to march on Washington and incited many to riot when one of their race was treated unjustly. This resentment simply allows the black community to remain steeped in a bad temper about the state of the country. The politics of revenge is easily given over to conspiracy theories and ideas among members of the black community that "the white man" is trying to oppress them...
...find out what's going on." Time off hasn't always been fruitful. In 1994, after a rare three-week vacation in China, Steinhardt returned to New York to find that his investment funds had lost 4% of their value while he was gone. He lost his legendary temper, then sat down and did what he has always done: work...
Feeling it insufficient to degrade themselves by means of classroom demonstrations, the so-called Harvard Heritage Society has now turned its infantile temper against those who dare to take a stand against them. Specifically, I refer to the recent letter in reply to Scott M. Singer '98. While Singer offered sage and judicious commentary on the Society's actions, the Society, ostensibly dedicated to the defense of boundless free speech, replied by dismissing Singer's arguments, comparing him to Confederate President Jefferson Davis...
...just let my temper get the better of me," Kohler said. "It was pretty immature...