Word: temperance
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...when Ike was denied the right to go trick-or-treating on Halloween with his brothers, his temper overwhelmed him. He ran outside and pummeled a tree until his small fists were torn and bleeding. He went to bed and sobbed for an hour. His mother came in, salved and bandaged his hands, then explained the futility of uncontrolled anger: "He that conquereth his own soul is greater than he who taketh a city." Much later Ike claimed that was "one of the most valuable moments of my life." Five times in 1954 when he was President, there were emotional...
Hornstein characterizes Rauch as "a very easy person to get along with--I've never seen him lose his temper. Personality-wise we are very different," he adds. "I would have a much more difficult time working with a clone of myself...
...extra $11 per bbl. would bring in about $22 billion a year for the Saudis. But now, thanks to our decision to defend them from Iraq, oil is selling for over $30 per bbl. That should temper our gratitude for their decision to pump an extra 2 million bbl. a day. It means another $22 billion or so, plus an $18 billion premium on the 5.4 million bbl. a day they were already pumping. Meanwhile, we are paying for the oil and also paying untold billions to defend their right to pump unmolested...
...first-rate show in London assesses the classical revival that followed World War I, in which artists from Picasso to Matisse to De Chirico used tradition to temper innovation...
...named in a complaint filed by a rival group. The matter was settled out of court, with no hint of scandal. The Cuomo camp thinks the Republican attacks are in part an election-year attempt to goad the thin-skinned Governor into losing his temper. Says one of the Governor's advisers: "Who's Ed Rollins? Operatives are very good at slinging mud, and you can't win if you engage them...