Word: temperance
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...first nonverbal reaction was "civil disobedience." Arab workers in Palestine walked out in a twelve-hour general strike. Diehard pan-Arabs called for a jihad, or holy war, to wrest back Palestine from the infidel. In Jerusalem, the Arab temper flared most angrily. A mob surged from the Mosque of Omar, shouted "Death to the Americans and British!" and stoned a column of Tommies. They fell back before British batons and a sudden heavy rainstorm. Tanks rumbled up to the Damascus Gate. The 100,000 British troops in the Holy Land were alerted...
...national political temper portended a roisterous day of balloting. On Luzon, cub planes buzzed in the skies, looking for suspicious gatherings. Jeeps loaded with soldiers patrolled the rutted roads. Elderly, cautious President Sergio Osmena remained secluded in Manila's sprawling white Malacafian Palace. An armed guard surrounded the hideout of the opposing candidate-flamboyant, fiery Manuel Roxas y Acuna...
Last week the House took its turn at exploring the public mind on the subject. The Administration, putting up a bold front, had asked a year's extension of OPA's complete powers. Congressmen, whose political careers depend on their ability to gauge the temper of constituents, made a violent response...
Senator Taft suggested that the meeting be adjourned until Murray had regained his temper...
...next fall saw the first in the now traditional series of pre-election straw votes to test Harvard temper in the national presidential elections. At this particular time, incidentally, undergraduates proved themselves far more out of step with the times then the Faculty by giving Harrison a huge majority over Cleveland...