Word: temperance
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...Government has unwisely, though presumably with good intentions, assumed control over economic matters best left to work themselves out. Good sense falls victim to expediency, charlatanry and paternalism-which is nothing new, but which should temper enthusiasm for this latest nostrum as time passes...
...those countries. Yet the record is by no means barren, especially over the short run. Last year Canada's Price and Incomes Commission had to abandon its short-lived wage and price guidelines because unions would not go along. Still, the commission had considerable success in persuading companies to temper the rate of price increases and was partly responsible for lowering Canada's 1970 inflation rate to 2.3% from 4.5% the year before. Britain has also had its victories. The National Board of Prices and Incomes succeeded several years ago in persuading unions to cooperate with employers in raising productivity...
...major unions have caught up with inflation and are eager to preserve the purchasing power of their recently won gains. At very least, a presidential guideline for wages and prices would give company chiefs a bargaining point in labor negotiations, and would give labor leaders a talking point to temper the demands of their militant rank and file...
...jubilant crowds swarmed through the narrow streets of Valletta, the walled capital of Malta, in such numbers that the black Mercedes Benz was forced to a virtual halt. Inside the car, the driver lost his temper. "Save your applause for later!" he shouted, leaning out of the window. "There is work to do, and it will be done...
Bold Goal. Beyond all this, Psychologists Klebanoff, Klein and Schleifer have a bold and touching goal: to alter the temper of the nation by influencing normal as well as abnormal children. Explains Klebanoff: "Maybe that's the mission of these disabled kids-if normal schoolkids see a child in braces struggling to overcome his problems, maybe things won't look so bad to them, and maybe they'll be inspired to help. I hope it might make a more gentle America. It sure can't hurt...