Word: temperance
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...British hurried the weary process of rounding up and counting prisoners. About 20,000 were taken, including General Annibale ("Electric Whiskers") Bergonzoli, the little general of tremendous appetite and temper whom the British thought they had at Bardia, but who escaped by motorboat. Recalling the old saw about the British being a nation of shopkeepers, an enthusiastic BBC announcer telling of the Bengasi victory' exclaimed: "The British are rapidly becoming a nation of wop-keepers...
Mellett's critics charge that he is an impractical idealist who runs a spy service-an accusation at least partly belied by his executive ability. His friends, vastly admiring, sometimes charge him with excessive sweet-temperedness. But at times Mellett has shown sufficient temper to scare the daylights out of those who envision him as a future Censor-in-Chief of the U. S. Press. However, it is not too likely that President Roosevelt would give him such a job. Mellett himself declares he wants no part of any "Information Ministry" and adds: "I simply don't believe...
...best light musicals for many a month. It seems that Mary Martin is Allen's niece, and Beny doesn't know that. She's also the star of Benny's show, and Uncle Allen doesn't know that. In the resultant tempest, Fred keeps losing his temper, Jack loses his shirt, and Mary shows them all up by losing her skirt. (Incidentally, it's a mighty nice cart that belong to Daddy.) Per usual, Rochester and Virginia steal the show. The dusky Juliet tolerates no playing around on her balcony after learning that Rochester has been elected star Romeo...
...testimony of Harvard's president on the Lease-Lend bill Tuesday displayed a strange brand of logic combined with an even stranger evaluation of the temper of the American people...
Laval lost his temper. He upbraided the Marshal for his stubbornness and Peyrouton for his suspicion. He demanded that in the future his powers be precisely defined, that he be given executive authority, with Pétain as a figurehead. Then he stalked from the meeting...