Word: temperers
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...Santa Fe city council turned the problem over to the state. Its solution: an explanatory plaque, to be placed alongside the offending monument, that will read in part: "Monument texts are wont to reflect the character of the time in which they are written and the temper of those who wrote them. Hopefully, attitudes change and prejudices dissolve...
...through law school with the under-the-table expense money she was earning on the amateur circuit. In her early days on the tour she was known as a chubby chatterbox (she once weighed 160 lbs., v. 135 now). Rhinestone-studded glasses shielded her bad eyes (20/400) and temper tantrums occasionally crippled her game...
This startling scene, viewed by millions over national television last week, provoked a flurry of comments and questions about the President's state of mind. Was the temper tantrum a sign that he might be buckling under pressure? "It was a highly unusual situation," explained Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren, "a difficult situation...
...Since Nixon had explicitly authorized a 1970 intelligence plan that included illegal break-ins and mail surveillance, he was asked whether, if he still served in Congress, he would consider impeachment proceedings against a President who had thus violated his oath of office. Nixon bristled, but held his temper in check. Citing the President's "inherent power to protect the national security," he denied that he had violated his oath of office. Furthermore, he charged, "burglarizing of this type took place" during both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and yet "there was no talk of impeachment." Nixon declared that...
...Gambril, or Goldston--they are lost to you forever and are mere memories for those of us who have watched, rejoiced, suffered and agonized through their tenure at Harvard--but you still may find the incredibility of an Edo, a Radcliffe crew, an Yntema, a Crimson baseball juggernaut to temper and minimize your loss, to fill the vacuum left by characters that no longer thrive in Cambridge. And most importantly, you may yet produce, in the vague and limitless four years apportioned you here, people and teams that will transcend the memories and ghosts of the departed.HESS YNTEMA...