Word: tempering
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Former senior tutors describe him as a “control freak” with a nasty temper that flares up occasionally...
...even the former senior tutor who complains about Lewis’ temper and Fithian’s phone calls admits to the effectiveness of Lewis’ sometimes overbearing leadership...
...father underwent open-heart surgery a few years ago. Eventually, the responsibility for Noah will fall solely upon me. I imagine I may have to move my own family back to California to visit him every weekend, so that those caring for him will know that despite Noah's temper tantrums and violent outbursts, he is loved; he is a brother and part of a family. He is still the center of my life. My travels, from Los Angeles to New York City to Paris to Tokyo to Hong Kong, will always bring me back...
...July to avoid the death penalty. Still, some FBI officials think serious inconsistencies remain in his account of 21 years as a double agent for Soviet intelligence, during which he is estimated to have betrayed 50 U.S. spies and potential recruits. (It didn't help that Hanssen lost his temper with a skeptical bureau polygrapher...
...greatest problem with the interpretation, though, is that it does not allow Todd a believable arc. Todd can’t snap during his “Epiphany” because he has already snapped before the story begins; the scene becomes more a temper tantrum than a turning point...