Word: temperance
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...familiarity with presidential thoughts and doings, Christian utters not one syllable more than the President wants him to. His main defensive weapon is simply to say that he is not going to talk about sensitive issues and then watch out for traps. Since he does not lose his temper, there are no pressroom incidents that get into the papers...
Shenker interviewed Premier Levi Eshkol, whom he found sitting at his desk with his hand on a small Hebrew Bible. Shenker was particularly struck by his good humor. "How do I manage to keep my temper?" said the Premier in response to a question. "If I were in America, I would have a psychiatrist to explain it. Don't all Americans have psychiatrists?" Shenker also interviewed the new Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan, who showed him a treasury of archaeological finds he has unearthed himself. Shenker collects jokes much as Dayan collects ancient pottery, and he obtained at least...
...blue eyes often misted over the sight of wounded Marines; yet they could freeze like an arctic night at the sight of an officer derelict in duty. A general and more than one full colonel were booted out of Viet Nam under the assault of Walt's sharp temper. Yet to those who did their job, he was unfailingly considerate...
Divorced. By Lewis Rosenstiel, 75, founder and board chairman of Schenley Industries: Susan Rosenstiel, 47, his high-living blonde wife; on charges of "habitual ungovernable temper"; after ten years of marriage (six of separation), no children; in Miami...
Learning & Doing. Her nicknames run the gamut from "gnat" to "bear cat." Equipped with a Gallic temper, Cathy chews out anyone in her way with a remarkably complete selection of four-letter G.I.-English words seasoned with a few choice five-letter French specialties. Once she used them a bit too freely with Marine brass and was banned from the I Corps area for six months. The ban was lifted only two weeks before the 881 assault...