Word: temperance
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...fact that each right-wing victory would have been considered inconceivable six months ago. This indicates that American voting patterns may have become unusually volatile, traditionally an accurate indicator of voter discontent and frustration. But to conclude that sporadic right-wing primary victories indicate a shift in the temper of the nation's electorate in a given direction would be premature for the reason that primary conditions are sharply different from those surrounding regular elections. And the results in November are the ones that count...
...university students, often clad in military-type khaki trousers and belted jackets, and always wearing a red arm band. They seemed to be under the command of Mao's longtime ghostwriter, Chen Pota, 62, now a leader of the Cultural Revolution. Chen's order: "You must temper yourselves by going among the masses and getting yourselves covered over and over again with muck...
...Walter Hoving, and descendant of Washington's second postmaster-general, he grew up in Central Park, meanwhile being bounced from the Buckley School (Lindsay's alma mater). He was later thrown out of Phillips Exeter for punching his Latin teacher, finally made Princeton via Hotchkiss, where his temper cooled and his intellect sharpened, and he graduated summa cum laude. After a hitch in the Marine Corps, he got a Ph.D. in art history and was snapped up by the Met, only to find himself in the last mayoralty campaign drafting position papers on park usage for Lindsay...
...only veteran on the team was Dennis ("The Menace") Ralston, 24, who ranks No. 1 in the U.S. and plays like it when he can keep a lid on his temper. Last week the only menacing thing about Dennis was his game. Mixing riflelike base-line shots with lobs, he ran Mexico's Star Rafael Osuna, 27, into the ground with a four-set victory...
...plot, the film boasts a CORE sampling of injustices that supposedly explain the color-conscious hero's heavy drinking and bad temper. Seldom is there any doubt that what makes Adam run is Sammy. Carpentered into the story line are all the predictable solo turns-a crying jag, a tender love episode, a scene in which he wields a broken bottle to make his agent grovel, and a reprise in which Davis crawls across a restaurant floor to shine Lawford's shoes. There is a semifinal glimpse of the doomed genius staggering through city streets, climaxed...