Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thinking. Are his antics a campaign tactic? Or is this Dreyfus in his natural habitat? He could be the John McCain of the Undergraduate Council, exploiting his image as an out-and-out weirdo the same way McCain is capitalizing on the media's current fascination with his temper. Or he could be the Alan E. Keyes '72, with his outrageous allegations and proposals, pushed to the margins of an already marginal race. Dreyfus wants Harvard to regress 30 years to 1969 when students stormed University Hall. He wants the war-like atmosphere of those days to galvanize the student...
...Still, moderators pressed each candidate on tough issues early in the debate. McCain was asked if his temper had cost him the endorsement of some of his colleagues in the Senate...
...compliments, remaining in a clinch rather than throwing punches. Although the repeated challenges about his experience in governing and foreign policy had Bush testily chanting phrases from his stump speech, his opponents failed to provoke either a gaffe or a temperamental outburst. Meanhile, McCain deflected jabs about his reported temper with humorous, self-deprecating quips ("You know, a comment like that really makes me mad.") Outside the arena, the news for Bush was less good. Although Bush has reined in a lot of McCain's lead, his hopes of winning the New Hampshire primary took a hit Thursday when...
...casting of Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane. The gawky schoolteaching Ichabod of the novel and cartoon becomes an incredibly attractive, law-practicing heartthrob. This Ichabod, as opposed to the weird-looking schlepp in the book, is squeamish but admirable, cowardly but endearing. And while he tries his hardest to temper his hunkiness by acting nevous and jumpy (which definitely elicits some giggles), Johnny can't help but be adorable. Depp's appeal creates a new dimension for Ichabod's character, allowing him to have a romantic relationship with Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci), though she rejects him in the book...
...whose name would come first? In staking his claim to leadership, McCain has never had a problem of lack of intellect or discipline--despite graduating fifth from the bottom of his Annapolis class with a bushel of demerits--but rather of temper and temperament. The question exploded last week in newspaper stories, most notably a blazing Sunday editorial in his hometown paper, the Arizona Republic, damning McCain as a bully, sarcastic and insulting. His personal story, in this view, becomes his burden, with the suggestion that the fighting spirit that allowed him to resist his North Vietnamese captors has left...