Word: temperedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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But Abdullah, sometimes impetuous and hot-tempered, was also too shrewd to think that he could do just as he pleased. Three strong reins checked hasty action: 1) the jealous rivalry of other Arab leaders; 2) his dependence on British aid; 3) the proved strength of the Israelite armies, which...
By & large, Italians conducted democracy's most vital business, in a holiday spirit tempered by dignity and humor. In Milan, Contessa Castelbarco, Toscanini's eldest daughter Wally (see Music), was the first voter at her polling place in a schoolroom. The lone Communist member of the election board...
The Hindu Pose shows how Matisse synthesized East & West, new & old. The painting makes a flat pattern, but it can easily be read as a design-in-depth; Matisse saw no reason to unlearn all he knew about putting form and space into a picture. It reflects his infatuation with...
Since he came back to Washington, Lovett has even wrung some words of praise from New York's terrible-tempered Congressman John Taber, the brass-lunged dragon of Capitol Hill. Said Taber: "He makes sense. Understands fifth-grade arithmetic. Very rare in Washington."
What with rubbing shoulders with "haunts," paranoiacs, enraged students's wives, and bad-tempered landlords, the 33 Law School honor students who compose the Legal Aid Society lead a "harrying but interesting" existence within their headquarters in Gannet House, according to President Walter M. Robinson 3L.