Word: temperedness
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Doc's life resembles a far-fetched hard-luck version of the actual Willie Nelson saga, but it is first and foremost a rolling, highly entertaining chronicle of its own. I all of all kinds of deadpan golden nuggets of humor--greasy, love-to-hate-'em Williams; imperfect but irresistable...
The optimism in the financial markets was tempered by worries about the fate of the dollar, which last week gyrated wildly. At first, it took off on its swiftest, steepest climb since 1978. By Tuesday afternoon it had risen 2% against the West German mark and the French franc and...
The urgency of Flynn's message was tempered by the good humor that accompanied his return to his alma mater. Flynn graduated from the School of Education in 1981.
This recognition of the cosmopolitan imperative in American life is both correct and in line with the comparable recognition of the cosmopolitan imperative by Jewish, Irish, Italian, Asian, and other ethnic students at Harvard. The cosmopolitan imperative, moreover, does not preclude intra-ethnic relationships and networks, as Timothy Wilkins, head...
But Riding's alarm is short-lived. In what seems like an inappropriate attempt to close on an hopeful note, Riding ends by praising the even-tempered, gentle nature of the Mexican people. But having failed to previously make the connection between politics and the Mexican national character, and given...