Word: temperedness
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McClintock is a sweet-tempered evangelist of the Christian faith, and like every Westerner who has journeyed to Cathay since Marco Polo, he finds himself bedazzled by China's masses and her mystery. He is asked if he is a bit overwhelmed by his new life in Shanghai. "I came...
Stewart's sense of humor stands him in good stead during a forbidding journey that begins in Istanbul and then carries him through bleak Russia, bleaker Kazakhstan and into the finality of Mon-golia, a swept land that "made the sky ... seem crowded and fussy." Inspired by what he perceives...
The overly physical playing style also was tempered towards the end of the match. Though 15 penalties were called in the contest, only two of them were called in the final 25 minutes.
This desire for camaraderie goes hand in hand with tempered political activity.
But part of the key is for future leaders to recognize that the inherently political nature of the groups must be tempered by fulfilling the social needs of their members.