Word: temperance
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...office, and is little more than an amplification of the newspaper articles which he has been contributing to the Hearst press. He is convinced that peace "has gone back perceptibly and unmistakably." "The present year." says he, " has been one of growing gloom and menace; the international temper is distinctly worse all around...
Corfu. The receipt of the Greek note in Italy fanned the public temper to white heat. Numerous violent actions against Greeks occurred from one end of Italy to the other. The Italian Government, which had previously mobilized the fleet at Taranto (in the arch of the Italian boot) refused to accept the Greek reply and ordered its men-of-war to Corfu, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, west of Greece. On arrival, an Italian naval captain was sent ashore to demand the surrender of the town of Corfu. The Greek Governor stated that he would ask for instructions...
...this occasion the bull was in a bad temper before he was let into the arena. The moment he was released he became maddened and jumped into the enclosure where the amateur fighters were waiting. Quick as a flash they jumped into the grandstand. The crowd took fright and fled panic-stricken to the top tier of seats. The grandstand gave way. Four people were killed. Twenty-five were injured...
...sporting writers have it, marks the end of a memorable Commencement week. Long after the names of this or that speaker or graduate have been forgotten, the memory of the heat will linger. Honors and oratory, spreads and dinners have developed a sense of weariness and have evoked bad temper rather than enthusiasm...
...opinions?on participation in the World Court, that expectation is surely being justified. Daily, organizations and individuals of every degree of importance and unimportance are voicing their opinions on the proposal. Meanwhile Senatorial doctors are going busily about taking the public pulse, administering stimulants or narcotics, according to their temper...