Word: temperance
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...Cochet in the French hard court championships a month ago. Red-faced, beefy, tireless and, except for the fact that his backhand is more defensive than a world-champion's should be. without a noticeable weakness on the court, he used to lose his matches with his temper until a year or so ago. Last winter, grown calmer and more wily, he won both of Australia's major tournaments, beating Vines in the Victorian championship at Melbourne...
...wear out the opposition. Director of the Budget Douglas, anticipating adjournment, arrived at the Capitol to advise the President on signing last minute bills. The President waited at the White House-and waited and waited-for the Senate's bad temper to simmer down. At 10:30 p. m. Senator Robinson telephoned again, got the President's consent to a recess until Monday. Once the session went over into a new week, it became anybody's race...
...Just as John Davison Rockefeller Jr. used his influence as biggest stockholder in Chase National Bank to mold its policies to the temper of the times, so last week did his son-in-law start to trim his Investment Trust Equity Corp. to fit the New Deal (TIME, June 12). As a step toward simplification, President David Meriwether Milton made an exchange offer for the publicly-owned stock in one of his subsidiaries. With the offer went a clear promise to register the company's stock with the Federal Trade Commission as soon as the new Securities Act allowed...
...small Sin-Boards. 6x9 in., for use during sermons, and cardboard sheets 40 x 48 in., which sell for $1. Some sins and peccadillos on Preacher Young's list: Adultery Hypocrisy Agnosticism Inferiority Complex Aping the World Miserliness Being a Lone Wolf Murder Class Distinction Road Hog Dispositional Temper Sabbath Desecration Waste of Others'Time Waste of One's Time Drinking Gambling Time
...this Crile theory, is a manifestation of short-wave radiation with the brain as the commanding centre of the body's electrical energy. The thyroid and adrenal glands govern the rate of radiation in the body. The adrenal glands produce the short, sudden energy of an outburst of temper, anger or rage. The thyroid gland controls the steady, long-time radiation necessary to the body's growth and performance. "Freed electrons charge up the cells; charged up cells cause muscle tone or muscle energy in nerve cells, such as the brain. Thus emotional and nerve activity is created...