Word: temperedness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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But he cracked under the tension. He pitched over the 28th green, came back too strong and missed his putt. Tempered in years of tournament playing, Somerville braced for a strong finish. What he needed was par golf and he played it. He stolidly took the 28th and the next...
Up & down Germany the question flashed last week: Had Adolf Hitler at last gone crazy? Had his nerves given way? Was he really in a straitjacket, jittering in a Bavarian asylum? He was not. Handsome Adolf was actually high in the Bavarian Alps with a few intimate friends, slowly flailing...
Pop the name of Fred G. Bonfils at anyone who knows Denver or the Denver Post and that person's mind will instantly register such adjectives as "handsome," "slick," "swaggering," "noisy," "audacious," "crafty," "lusty," "flamboyant," "hot-tempered." Other words, complimentary or vituperative, might occur to commentators biased one way...
Sir Henry's resignation came in the form of a well-tempered note to the directors. Said he: "In my opinion, a publicly owned railroad can be successful only if the management has the complete confidence of the owners. Public criticism indicates that such confidence is at least not general...
The summer is a suitable time for blood & thunder. Detective stories, which normally sell better than any other form of fiction, reach their sales peak in August. Less extraordinary than The Conjure-Man Dies but still appealing, appalling is Dead Hands Reaching in which Dallas Gantry returns to her small...