Word: tempering
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...Secretary of Defense doesn't do his standing naked, continuously, in the middle of the night, surrounded by hostile guards and attack dogs. But then, Rumsfeld's blustery testosteronics are at the heart of what has gone wrong with the Bush foreign policy-and last week the assorted temper tantrums appeared to be a leading indicator of a gathering summer storm confronting this presidency...
Died. Alberta Martin, 97, the last living widow of a Confederate soldier; in Enterprise, Ala. In 1927 she married William Jasper Martin, then 81, a widower with a $50 monthly pension and a hot temper. After he died in 1931, she married his grandson...
When he arrived in Cambridge, Summers said he had learned in Washington to temper his public opinions...
...actions of some outspoken and appalled representatives, the move would have tripled the budget of an organization that has yet to prove itself as entirely efficient or in tune with students’ wishes. Luckily, the bill’s opponents convinced the council to temper its impulsive ambitions; they subsequently revised the proposal to a more modest—though not modest enough—$40 increase, and decided to put the proposal up for a vote...
...setback, his short fuse ignites, and he yells at the top of his voice. His mother Michele thought manners lessons might teach him to cope better, so she paid $50 for three one-hour classes. "I'd like him to control himself more," says Michele, "not just with his temper but in lots of other ways...