Word: temperance
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...concert last night has failed to cure my cold and after I have munched my coffee roll and duly recognized the decadence of these times as reflected on the front page of the Herald I shall be in no mood for ought but snuffling. "Le Misanthrope" should fit my temper at 10 o'clock and in Sever 23 I shall be able to think of a dinky little provincial troupe of actors who once played their Moliere at Grenoble in such a way that I minded not my complete ignorance of the tongue. Or I can find an even more...
Since no French Cabinet existed, owing to the fall of Briand, who had not yet reformed his ministry (see FRANCE), the representatives of the Powers assembled at Geneva delayed taking action of any sort until the temper of the forthcoming French Government should be known...
...Council thereupon met in secret without the Germans. Sir Austen Chamberlain was alleged to have completely lost his temper, and roundly berated Dr. Unden with "violent threats." When the session broke up "the Terrible Swede" issued forth "with jaw set, and eyes gleaming with anger." He was alleged to have declared "Sir Austen's language was the most disgraceful I have ever experienced. I will not change my point of view or my stand. My instructions are specific to vote against the admission of any nation except Germany to a Council seat...
...present Prince of Wales lay flat upon his back, kicked, squalled. "Lala" disciplined him, and later dried his tears. As a child, even the serene Princess Mary had her tantrums. "Lala" soothed her temper, tidied her frock. Later she assisted the youthful Prince Henry and the still younger Prince George to blow their noses, etc. For years, in fact, "Lala" was indispensable as the nursery maid of the Windsors...
...West as a whole is generally considered more progressive and more favorable to innovations than the East. I don't think this distinction holds in the colleges. In fact the students of our great Eastern universities, particularly of Harvard, seem to have shown a more inquiring and radical temper, than those in the West...