Word: temperance
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...ways are inevitably coupled with warnings against imprudent excess. It is a reformation not of acts but of attitudes whose distant goal is the ultimate reconciliation of the church with other faiths and with the modern world It is, in fact, the kind of reformation precisely suited to the temper of the lonely, sensitive, cautious and puzzling man who guides...
Once, as the crisis grew worse, he displayed temper, angrily denouncing the U.S. for its failure to condemn Pakistan for its infiltration of Kashmir. Railways Minister S. K. Patil calmed him down, saying "If America went to war in Guatemala or Uruguay, you would tell both sides to stop fighting. You wouldn't tell them who is at fault...
...President for life. This was not a spurious, rigged election. He could call one tomorrow and win easily." Bishop was equally impressed by the dictator's secret police, the tonton macoute: They "comprise a personal force whose function is to keep President Duvalier acquainted with the true temper of the people...
...women-one a sleek, actressy adventuress named Linda, who takes her matadors at their peak, and is played, in a brief and startlingly persuasive performance, by Linda Christian. Moment gives this conventional plot the classic simplicity of folk art. Gianni di Venanzo's vibrant color photography uncovers the temper of Spain among black-hooded worshipers at a religious festival, among whores and homosexuals in the slums of Barcelona, in the face of a proud old taskmaster whose dingy urban cellar houses a school for stripling toreros. In one sequence, the disconsolate Miguelin wanders through a sere, light-washed Spanish...
Moyers' performance in his new job is largely shaped by his relationship with the President. Johnson gave Moyers' predecessor little leeway. Wary of the presidential temper, Reedy even hesitated to reveal Johnson's traveling plans, much to the annoyance of the White House correspondents. As an intimate of the President, Moyers not only attends staff meetings, he also helps make policy. So he has no trouble fielding questions about major matters at his twice-a-day briefings...