Word: temperedness
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Harold L. Ickes, irritated by new rumors of his impending resignation as Secretary of the Interior, spelled out the situation in his own sweet way: 1) he had offered his resignation when President Truman took office; 2) all told, he had submitted at least six resignations; 3) two different names...
Potentate Without Power. A shrewd, good-tempered administrator, Will Hays brought to his office (chairman of the Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors of America) what Moley calls "a political intelligence as remarkable as any that America has produced in the past 25 years." He was to need every bit of...
This week the San Francisco conference put the last dots on a charter written for a world of power, tempered by a little reason. It was a document produced by and designed for great concentrations of force, somewhat restrained by a great distrust of force.
The eight conscripts of this British picture are painfully slow in breaking their civilian molds. 'Out of their early sullenness, bewilderment, arrogance and naivete, the producers have wrung convincing reality-and tempered it with genuine irony and humor. In putting it on the screen, a crew of excellent actors...
The Hungry. In Seattle, short-tempered Host Edward Abraham was accused of baring his teeth before dinner, impulsively chewing both of his dinner guests' ears. In St. Louis, Joe Williams took offense at the restaurant food set before him, hurled the glassware and china at the waiter, bit a...