Word: temperedness
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Quick-tempered and innocent of the finer social graces, Silverman never moved easily among the Ivy Leaguers and suburban types who run CBS. "Fred's idea of small talk is the present schedule, and his idea of important talk is next year's schedule," says one old associate...
Even the militancy of Robert Mugabe, the black leader with the closest ties to the guerrillas, was tempered as he expressed "preparedness to pursue the method of peaceful negotiations." He quickly cautioned, though, that if the current talks failed there would be no choice but to continue "war in the...
That was Downbeat on the phone. The guy didn't have any specific questions, and Zappa grew a little short-tempered; disposed of him real quick.
Barrett, a professor of journalism at Columbia University and the author of several nonfiction books, is adept at the mechanics of the novel. His dialogue sounds spoken, the scenes pass by smoothly and at just the right clip. Occasionally the prose is too lavish: "The sofas and chairs lie in...
Despite Ford's gaffe and Carter's extensive talk about the need for "morality" in U.S. foreign policy (a concern with which pragmatic Europeans have little patience) the race is widely viewed as a personality contest between two competent, but certainly not dazzling, politicians who scarcely differ in...