Word: temperedness
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In his tempered but biting rebuttal to Murray, Professor of Geology Stephen J. Gould said the book was indeed about race.
Following such estimable models as The Civil War and Eyes on the Prize, The Promised Land (produced by Anthony Geffen and based on the critically acclaimed 1991 book by Nicholas Lemann) recounts this social history with understated narration (by Morgan Freeman), evocative music (blues and gospel) and the plainspoken words...
"My emotional response to this proposal is disappointment," Carney says. "Four years ago, when this whole thing happened, I was one of the strongest advocates of a tempered approach--not serving ties. I got a lot out of the program."
The President's rightward move is tempered, however. His advisers have convinced him that he can win points by presenting himself as a centrist conciliator on welfare. In his weekend radio address, he denounced the Gingrich idea of orphanages for poor children -- "governments don't raise children," he said, "parents...
With the movie, the subtitles, the singing and the music -- expertly conducted by Michael Riesman -- there is a lot of information for the listener to absorb all at once, but after a few minutes everything comes together seamlessly. The restless, relentless energy of the score -- tempered, for the first time...