Word: tempered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rich - the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission -that totally runs your organization and your White House!" he shouted. Reagan parried with humor. "I thought this was for Republican candidates." Arnold bored on right through the laughter. "Just a minute, just a minute," stammered the President, whose temper by then had reached critical mass...
Overcomig a temper, that unsettled her throughout the first set. Evans used a powerful serve and crisp passing shots to defeat her nationally ranked opponent. The Crimson's top player also took control of the net en route to her come-from-behind...
...course, there were also the temper tantrums at the poor, misbeggoten umpire who happened to cross Weaver. It didn't matter whether the plucky Bird was right or wrong on a call; he would argue just for the sake of arguing. All to relieve the pressure that often weighed heavily on his players. A good, fullblown outburst was usually a sure signal of an impending Oriole streak...
...Jackson does temper his sometimes morbid accounts ("Someone could smile at me then/shake my hand then gun me down") with sprinkled humorous comments, often in background harmonies or spoken asides. He does this most effectively in "T.V. Age," a Talking Heads-style song about modern-day peoploids living their lives in front of the tube. Jackson cries...
...democratic all the wars of our times." Sharon said that "the most democratic country did not hesitate to kill hundreds of thousands at Hiroshima. " After several more such combative interchanges, Sharon said: "Miss Fallaci! You are a very nice slander! and I don't want to lose my temper, but I never heard such slander! Such a lie! Such an insult!" Perhaps both counted on their dramatic exchanges' making the front page of the Washington Post, which they...