Word: temperedness
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During a rehearsal of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Britain's trigger-tempered maestro, Sir Thomas Beecham, an irascible 77, soothed himself by trying to make music on a sheng, an old wind that few modern Chinese blow good. The cluster of fluty pipes had been presented to...
The token political opposition, headed by a pair of oft-jailed oldsters, was unlikely to make trouble anyway. But many a veteran Guardia officer, serving the brusque, quick-tempered Tachito only because Tacho said to, might feel that loyalty had gone far enough. That would be Tachito's headache...
Although housing starts will probably remain below last year's rate, the economy was still in high gear: retail sales, were up 4% for the week, steel pushed at 99.6% of its capacity, corporate dividends were up 15% for the first eight months, employment was at an alltime high...
The Spread of the Gospel faces serious obstacles. "In spite of some encouragement," there is as yet no "convincing evidence of a widespread revival of religion." And to make evangelism harder, "There is, also, a recrudescence of some of the ancient faiths [i.e., Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Shintoism] often associated with nationalistic...
Now he began to produce the brand of tennis that had made him a gallery favorite all week long. In the quarter-finals the luck of the draw had sent him against quick-tempered Dick Savitt, 29, back in the big time after a four-year layoff. And Savitt had...