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West German officials tried last week to temper their earlier statements on the walk-in-the-woods package. While Kohl vacationed in Austria, a government spokesman emphasized that the Chancellor and the U.S. were "in complete agreement that NATO'S decision would have to be followed and that, failing a solution in Geneva, both missile systems would have to be deployed." After visiting Kohl in Austria, Genscher appeared on television to say that "the question of the weapons mix has played a greater role in the past few days than it in truth deserves." The Foreign Minister explained that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: New Talk About a Walk | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

Opel today gives visitors and colleagues a sense of self-containment, but he admits to having had a wicked temper. Once when he could not get a flat tire off his Chrysler because he was turning a lug the wrong way, he became so enraged that he bashed in the side of the car. "I don't get angry the way I used to," Opel says. But the old intensity, just barely noticeable beneath the perfect manners, can still be useful. "People know that I mean what I say and that I don't suffer fools," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plain Vanilla, but Very Good | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

...lost my temper and did something that I regret Repetto said during the interview earlier this month adding I didn't wait to get all the facts...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: Trial Set, Inquiry Delayed For Professor In Assault | 6/26/1983 | See Source »

...would head for Ohio, then loop all the way back to the northern tip of Maine. Glenn does not like to start his days so early. He is a man of endless patience, but overscheduling Glenn, aides know well, is one of the very few things that cause his temper to blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glenn: Flying Solo, His Way | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...Point Following the game against the University of Massachusetts. UMass president David Knapp sent a letter to President Bok complaining about obscenities in the band's act. That prompted a meeting between band members. Bok and Dean of students Archie C. Epps III where the crew was told to temper their shows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO HEADLINE | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

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