Word: temperance
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...artificial flare-ups between leaders and followers. And to pick up the pace still more, he produces some split-second moral dilemmas for W. Earp. Sturges should have been loyal either to Sergio Leone or to the TV economy of Gunsmoke. As it is, we get a mishmash of temper tantrums and long trail rides--and in the bargain, no hero...
...Temper for the 20th. Nevertheless, Skrowaczewski's technique and temper are ideally suited to the complex music of the 20th century. Of all the programming changes he has made in Minneapolis-expanded season, summer "play-ins" for Minnesota high schoolers, more stress on cycles of thematically unified concerts and less on big-name soloists -by far the most significant is the generous sampling of provocative modern works. Already this season he has conducted the American premiere of a 1957 violin concerto by French Composer Serge Nigg, and in the months ahead he will present music by Alban Berg, William...
Though both camps kept mum on the details, few expected the latest ripples to end the six-week-old strike overnight. The blackout did seem to improve the temper of the affair, which has tended to be insulting. U.A.W. bargainers have been complaining that Ford Negotiator Sidney F. McKenna works "like a computer," like to call him the "McKennacal Man." The union's veteran negotiator, Gene Prato, ended one recent session by announcing, in four-letter terms, that he'd had more than enough of McKenna...
...ratings that have placed him in the top 20 for most of two decades, and advertisers waiting in line to spend $52,000 for 60 seconds of air time, he is not about to change anything. He says that he has learned to control his celebrated temper and swears that he no longer dashes off such angry letters to critics as the one he sent to Harriet Van Home when she was TV colum nist for the N.Y. World-Telegram: "Dear Miss Van Home: You bitch. Sincerely, Ed Sullivan...
Testing the Temper. No such ailments seem likely to cut short Damascus' career. Sired by Sword Dancer, himself a two-time winner of the Woodward, Damascus is as sound as his steely name and just beginning to test his temper. In his first campaign last season, he won three out of four starts and $25,865 in purses. So far in 1967, he has won 11 out of 14, including both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Winnings this year: $723,651, which puts him within easy reach of the one-year record of $752,550 set by Nashua...