Search Details

Word: temperedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Most Ill-Tempered Coach: Colgate's Terry Slater. After a loss, Slater looks like he got out of bed, fell down the stairs, out the door and into a heavy downpour. When Slater goes home after a loss, he doesn't kick the dog, he burns the doghouse.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Barnyards of SLU to the Gates of Troy | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

Though the survey was taken just after the New Hampshire primary, when Dole received bad reviews for his harsh comments about Bush, the public seems to have paid little attention to that part of the media buzz. When all registered voters are asked whether they consider either Bush or Dole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Electability Test | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Occasionally an athlete will transcend his limitations and capture the imagination of those assembled, electronically and personally. This year's winner at that end of the Games is a 24-year-old plasterer from Cheltenham, England. Michael Edwards, also known as "Eddie the Eagle," points his toes downslope and fearlessly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Jests of the Rest | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

TV, of course, is not just covering the presidential campaign; it is providing much of the substance for it as well. The Dan Rather-George Bush confrontation of four weeks ago has already secured a place in U.S. political folklore. Almost every week since, another TV "moment" has grabbed the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Up Too Close and Personal | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

The new Britpop is lighthearted and featherweight. The producers Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman run a kind of pop-star atelier in South London, where "we have pretty much a hard and fast rule that no one we work with is over 25. There are too many aging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tunes for The New Ice Age | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

Previous | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | Next