Word: temperence
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...does not smoke or chew. When angered, he swears vigorously. His flashy temper quickly subsides. Once he taught Sunday school in Algona. A Congregationalist, he used to attend the same church as President Coolidge until the crowds drove him away...
...hour's reading and has had to endure the ever-present smell of perspiration. And if the main Reading Room is a hot-house, Boylston and most of the smaller libraries in Widener can be compared only to incubators, so rarely is any outside air admitted to temper their torridity...
...nose, M. Herbette wondered what on earth to do with Rumania's note. He tried laying it on Comrade Litvinov's desk. With an impatient gesture the Russian flicked it away. The Frenchman flushed a dark red, stung to the quick of honor, but kept his temper by an effort really superhuman for a diplomat...