Word: temperance
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...from liberal candidates as conservative. In fact, some of the most trenchant assaults on liberalism have been mounted by liberal renegades, whose arguments are honed by their disappointment. Harvard Sociologist Nathan Glazer is among the "neoconservative" writers, clustered about Commentary and The Public Interest, who object to the antidemocratic temper that has infected much of the liberal-left in America...
...demanding boss but one who readily delegates authority. Says Rafshoon: "He doesn't get involved in details or try to do your work for you. He expects the best possible work; if he doesn't get it, he gets rid of you." Rarely does Carter lose his temper. When something goes wrong, says Rafshoon, "he becomes cold and methodical...
...There are three million people in the armed services," DePriest said. "How are one or two people going to temper three million...
...rather than share the air with Walters. Reasoner, who has been ABC'S solo anchor since Howard K. Smith was sidelined to nightly commentaries five months ago, later softened his opposition, probably after ABC promised him more money. "It was my pride reacting," Reasoner said of his original temper tantrum. "My feeling was, 'Please, mother, I'd rather do it myself.' But that was only temporary and irrelevant. The money is the least of my worries. I make more now than I'm worth...
...status in an army hutment, an odd lot indeed. Richie (Peter Evans) is an avowed homosexual. The college-bred Billy (Paul Rudd) may be a latent homosexual, but won't admit it. And Roger is a black who has bridged the racial gap through competence and an equable temper...