Word: temperedness
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Such positions do have impact. There is widespread agreement in Washington that the White House has tempered its El Salvador position, and perhaps its nuclear stance, at least partly because of the Catholic opposition. But the prelates also find themselves fighting some of their best-known laity, especially Secretary of...
Bok tempered his initial decision in the wake of a storm of controversy that followed announcement of the cancellation. Three weeks ago he told the museum's visiting committee that they could go ahead with the extension if they could raise $3 million by March 15. One day before the...
Lau has the perfect goaltender's personality--even-tempered, yet intense and industrious. "He has his head on straight, says team captain and four-year teammate Michael Watson. "He's a hard worker, and he's one of the leaders on the team."
Koivisto is the first Social Democrat to be elected President in Finland, but party labels mean little in a country in which all major factions back the welfare state. What won the election for Koivisto was his likable image as a modest and occasionally irreverent individualist. Once a dock worker...
Reston of the New York Times has placed his rocking chair squarely in the center of the political spectrum. "The President is criticized for [his] amiable indifference," Reston wrote, "but it may be our hope for the next three years of his presidency." (In the same column Reston just as...