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Auniquely controversial issue raised at a Rabbinical Convention in Jerusalem, June, 1971, illustrates particularly well the conflicting cross-currents in Israeli attitudes, and the strange temper given to questions of "a higher order": In problems of state morality, must Israel yet act in the role of the Chosen People, a nation whose God-given duty is to set an ethical example to the other nations: or should Israel allow itself, as a state involved in the "temporal" complexities of international politics, the luxury of compromising morality in matters of expedience, as any other state might do without hesitation? The notion...
Aside from being an arena for exercise and competition, wrestling has been a learning process for Blakinger. "I've learned to control my temper and to react to failure," Blakinger said...
Eventually she landed the part that finally made her a movie star-Alice in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. With stardom, there quickly came a reputation for star temperament and all the late arrivals, weeping fits and temper tantrums that go with it. "Like any strong woman," shrugs Producer Frankovich, "she's got fangs." The director who seems to have felt them most keenly is Preminger, himself no Teddy bear. On the set of Such Good Friends, they clashed over her lateness, his penchant for exacting retakes (58 on one scene), and her refusal to pose completely in the nude...
...CONDUCTORS Toscanini had a strong temper, and he slashed through rehearsals. But he was the kind of conductor who could forestall trouble. By just looking at his tuba player, he could tell how much wind the man had taken in and forecast how long that tuba note was going to be. He would then make a sign warning to the guy not to play that long. He was the most expert conductor there...
Surprisingly, after a full year in office, Ruckelshaus, 39, has not been called anything a lot worse. Environmentalists generally praise the big, bespectacled ex-Justice Department lawyer as Nixon's best appointment. Even businessmen temper their complaints. In Washington, one good-humoredly introduced Ruckelshaus (who comes from a long line of Indiana Republicans) as "the greatest friend of American industry since Karl Marx." The consensus is that he has been aggressive but fair...