Word: temperance
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...said that the university professors are too skeptical about the effectiveness of such devices, and that "the present divination of pedagogical competence is a result of only indirect and questionable measures." But he added that teacher's reactions against changes in the format of education only reflect the temper of the times...
Losey did lose two precious weeks of rehearsal as well as his temper. Once, he ordered Delphine Seyrig off the set for interfering; on another occasion, he threw Nancy Ellen Dowd out of a script conference for the same reason. The entire project, in fact, nearly lost Losey, who would have quit had he not undertaken an extensive financial stake in the film...
Presidential Press Secretary Ron Ziegler rarely loses his temper. But he lost it last week when newsmen questioned him closely about the removal of Robert H. Taylor, the head of the White House Secret Service detail, after a run-in with Nixon's Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. Ziegler claimed Taylor had been promoted to the somewhat lesser job of protecting visiting foreign dignitaries. "Why are you going through this charade?" demanded one White House correspondent. "Why not just level about it?" "You can assess what I am doing here as a charade," Ziegler shot back, "[but] I take...
Finance ministers of other nations should heed the warning -and the U.S. should temper its emerging nationalist line. It is possible to foresee the second dollar devaluation leading to a strengthening of the U.S. economy, a tearing down of barriers to trade and investment around the globe, and a newly sensible monetary system in which currency values shift frequently but moderately and with little fuss. It is equally possible to envision a world of continuing U.S. deficits, protectionist fences around national economies, and monetary chaos that would strangle the international movements of money, people and goods. Money markets move...
...Nonetheless, Byrne has coolly kept control of the proceedings-and his temper. But it has been a close thing in recent days. Since last April, he has been asking if there were any government studies indicating that the national defense had been unharmed by publication of the papers. Prosecutors steadfastly denied knowing about any such studies. Then a Defense Department witness confirmed their existence. Angrily, Byrne excused the jury and demanded copies. The prosecution dawdled. The first excuse was Lyndon Johnson's funeral, then bad weather was said to have delayed an Air Force jet bringing the reports from...