Word: tempered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pierce's bitterness over his lot in life helps make him its prisoner. His quick temper has got him fired from jobs that might have enabled him to buy his boat and independence. Banks will not lend him money. He has no telephone at home because he ripped it out of the wall during a fit of anger. He poaches clams at a neighboring bird sanctuary, more out of orneriness than hope of profit. And, to complicate his existence still further, he has fallen into a love affair with Elsie Buttrick, the local game and fish warden...
France is doing its share. The two leaders met for 15 hours to cement a relationship Mitterrand hopes will temper West Germany's growing dominance. They signed 22 agreements, including plans for a joint probe of Mars...
...blunt language, Bush told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday that "the will of the people should not be thwarted by this man and a handful of Doberman thugs. They ought to do everything they can to get Mr. Noriega out of there." Asked if he wished to temper his comments, the President replied, "No, I would add no words of caution...
...When budgets pass about $25 million, the studio, quite legitimately, wants to have a big say in the making of the movie. At that budget, you have the obligation to temper -- a very important word -- your vision of the movie with what is commercially viable. So what goes out the window is individual vision. This could mean changing the ending of a film -- don't upset the audience; don't disappoint them...
Sweden's dapper King Carl XVI Gustaf has never had trouble ruling his own temper. But the characteristically circumspect monarch displayed a rare flash of royal wrath last week as he lashed out at Norway's Prime Minister for failing to stop the slaughter of baby seals in her country. Said the King: "If Gro Harlem Brundtland can't take care of the seal problem, how is she supposed to take care of the Norwegian people...