Word: temperance
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...Japan was still shy of war was, after all, Pinch Hitter Kurusu's long, sudden hop. For the most grievous pinch in Japanese history, Japan had at least picked its likeliest pinch hitter. Fifty-four-year-old Saburo Kurusu had just about the maximum sense of the American temper possible to a patriotic, native-born Japanese. Known as the most Westernized of Japanese diplomats, he speaks English well, is an after-dinner wit in several languages. His diplomatic career has taken him to China, the Philippines, Hawaii, Chile, Italy, Greece, New York...
...that Chekhov could. Sample: Jim Dandy's henchman reads him a sales letter from one ex-Jockey Earl Catfoot ("Why should you go without? Go with. . . . Don't be a sucker-be a winner."). The pessimist comments: "It wouldn't help." Says Jim Dandy, controlling his temper: "You may be mistaken. Weighing one hundred pounds, the man has ridden horses...
...public temper could be judged by a Gallup poll, taken before the coal-mine dispute. Even before John Lewis staged his Ajax-defying-the-lightning act, 73% of voters agreed that the Government should forbid strikes in defense industries. Report of a survey taken among union members themselves should have given Labor Leader Lewis pause. Workers voted 56% in favor of forbidding defense strikes; only 39% were opposed; 5% undecided...
...favorite dancing master (Mr. Astaire) is caught in the draft and, unable to control his feet or his temper, becomes a permanent resident of the camp guardhouse. His favorite chorine (Miss Hayworth) turns up at camp in the wake of an Army officer (John Hubbard). She eventually solves everything by marrying the jailbird. Comic honors go to swivel-tongued Cliff Nazarro, double-talker extraordinary, who spreads utter confusion whenever he opens his mouth. The picture is well done and well directed...
...Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who has a terrible temper, was asked last week if he would make a protest to Germany over the torpedoing of the U.S.S. Kearny (TIME...