Word: temperance
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...office Hillary presses coffee and bagels on the staff and frequently sends them home to bed and for holidays. White House political consultant Paul Begala says she is the one staff members go to when they have a problem. "I've never seen her lose her temper, and you can tell her anything." She approaches the outlandishly dressed youngsters on the White House staff to find out what the latest is from twentysomething land. One young man in a black, unstructured jacket mistakenly thought she was telling him to dress up when she said to him, "So this...
...lost her temper only when reporters suggested that she was covering for the President. "I don't do spin stuff," she said, "and I'm not distancing anybody from anything." But by the time Larry King came round, she still hadn't heard from her boss. "They kept missing each other," was the official White House explanation. The next day Stephanopoulos began to retreat from the retreat as best he could. Clinton rejected calls for Reno to resign just because "some religious fanatics murdered themselves," and called for investigations at Justice and the Treasury Department. The House Judiciary Committee announced...
...allies argue that the Gomes lawsuit was a desperate response to the one filed by Wynn for breach of contract when Gomes quit to go work for more money as president of Donald Trump's Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. But Wynn does not deny that he has a temper."You know where a temper comes from? Being able to get away with it." He laughs. "I'm a self-made brat. I'm like everybody else: I want to get away with it if I can. I've been indulged...
...remote northern province, the village chief (Lei Lao Sheng) has lost his temper and kicked a man (Liu Pei Qi) where it hurts. But Qiu Ju (Gong Li), the man's wife, is hurt mainly in the pride, and she resolves to get satisfaction for this slur. The local public-security bureau agent, Mr. Li (Ge Zhi Jun), a reasonable politician in a hopeless situation, tells the chief to pay Qiu Ju and her husband 200 yuan in reparation. When she comes to the chief for the payment, he strews 20 10-yuan notes on the ground...
Those who disagree with Powell's stance on the integration of homosexuals into the military must temper their right to protest with the right of others to hear the speech. The two can and should coexist. As ostensibly intelligent young people, they should be able to sit through a short address given by a man of whom they personally disapprove. After four years here, they can't complain that they're out of practice. Powell's opponents also have to realize that whatever they do will not effect Powell's personal opinion. Instead, they should redirect the brunt of their...