Word: tempering
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...John Kerry and John Edwards. What's more, Dean's insistence that war against Saddam was wrong strikes me as morally and strategically misguided. His loose accusations of lying in the White House, his airing of notions that George W. Bush had a warning about 9/11, his bad temper and his occasional nastiness are all reasons to back his opponents...
More than any other modern movie mogul, Miramax's Harvey Weinstein has changed the film industry, taking small, independent films out of the art-house ghetto and into the mainstream. He has also been skewered in a new book for his fearsome temper and ego. He talked with Time's Jeffrey Ressner about that reputation, and a Miramax film that suffered an unexpected snub...
...ALSO BLAMED YOUR DIET AS A FACTOR IN INCITING YOUR TEMPER. HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR EATING HABITS? I was never a big eater of meals, but I was an expert M&M hider. I took M&M's, opened the bag, put them in my jacket pockets and sneaked them at meetings. Now, everybody knows the way carbohydrates affect the insulin levels, which shifts the adrenal gland and triggers the temper. If somebody pulls out chocolate chip cookies now at a marketing meeting, my staff will take them right off the table for safety reasons...
...remarkable rise from a year ago, when only 3% supported him. His total is more than double that of any other contender. As for his mouthing off, only 18% of Democrats think he is too outspoken to be President. Only 24% think he has too quick a temper...
...enduring anguish, distrust and rancor among thousands of Kashmiri families such as Khan's should temper the optimism inspired by last week's agreement between India and Pakistan to seek peace. Still, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf struck a conciliatory pose, and both sides made significant concessions. India gave up its insistence that all jihadi incursions from Pakistan into Indian-administered Kashmir end before any talks could start, and Pakistan vowed its territory would no longer serve as a terrorist base. For some, the portents have never been so good. "You could not have...