Word: temperance
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...Dared ... Such outbursts of presidential temper had been coming with increasing frequency in recent months. At his press conference last week, the President was plainly feeling irascible again. He answered all questions with the same half-throttled irritation. Reminded that some Congressmen were threatening to fry the fat out of the budget, he thrust out his jaw and declared that they had said that last year and ended up adding a billion or so. It was a good, tight budget, he said truculently, and he dared them to do anything...
...apple-pie man who smokes big cigars. He flies to "get there faster." Most of his weekends belong to his family, to the Scarsdale Golf Club and to the Baptist Church. He is a fair and friendly man, but one who roars and pounds desks when he loses his temper...
...welcome this debate," said Douglas. "I am confident that it will result in reaffirming the principle of collective security. But the debate, if we carry it out quickly and in good temper, will be a gain to the country. It will clear the air and minds of all of us . . . Let us weigh the relative values of the different alternatives and decide . . . Where, then, do we begin...
...tone and temper, Governor Dewey's proposals were more impressive than the Administration's, though he had the advantage of being able to call for acts and programs he did not have to deliver on. Timed as it was, Governor Dewey's forceful speech put the prestige of the Republican Party's titular head behind all that President Truman proposed to do, and then some...
Congress does not write a foreign policy. But the temper of the nation's 531 lawmakers has a persuasive effect on the Administration. A grim Congress was almost fatalistically ready last week for an international showdown...