Word: temperedness
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“Cambridge is a great city, where everything’s all about community activism and participation,” McCready says. “[But] it’s frustrating sometimes that there are people who want to be activists and are not always tempered by reason...
But this is still an extremely closely-divided legislature, something Daschle himself is quick to point out. His first appearance as majority leader was a call for calm and "tempered expectations" from Democrats. Yeah, we?ve got a majority, he said. But it?s whisper-thin - and easily lost.
What kids really need is parents and other adults who pay attention. A study that finds only a mother can provide good child care is inaccurate. Is a short-tempered mother better than a patient caregiver? Is an uninterested mother better than an involved father or grandparent? What nonsense! Mothers...
“I think he’s not lost any of his idealism, but I think it’s tempered-tempered by experience,” Gomes says.
But Zhou's efforts?by midday 20 prospective clients are waiting in his sitting room?have left him exhausted, bad-tempered and $25,000 in debt from handouts and unpaid fees. "Places like Shenzhen are built on sweatshops," he growls. "Old machinery, no training, 14 hours a day, 450 yuan...