Word: tempering
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...candidate. At the first big debate-preparation session, in a lovely wooden theater on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, Penn counseled Clinton to "engage, engage, engage." Stephanopoulos, however, thought Clinton should treat the debate like a press conference. When Penn saw Clinton losing his temper with a smooth George Mitchell (who was playing Dole), he realized his mistake. "Mark immediately dropped the engagement line," said Stephanopoulos. "It was very Dick-like...
...weapons plentiful and--a cornerstone of his campaign--the income tax would be replaced by a regressive national sales tax. Jenkins, who made a name for himself in the legislature by sponsoring a "shoot-the-burglar" law and carrying a plastic fetus to abortion debates, made no attempt to temper his conservative views. He counted on the rising Republican tide in the state and strong support from groups such as the Christian Coalition and Gun Owners of America to put him over the top. Landrieu's win shows that even in an increasingly conservative state like Louisiana, the political middle...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I am not a complex person. I say what I believe. People who say that I'm out of control mistake passion for temper...
...value of time, the philosophy of virtuous impatience affords one the time to exercise discretion. Guided by patience, we too often finds ourselves in circumstances which unnecessarily consume our time. Human nature is prone to laziness. Were we to live by the virtue of impatience, we would temper our laziness sufficiently to allow for the completion of our tasks and the enjoyment of all those idle pleasures we hold dear...
...obvious favorite in these contests. With his adoption of traditionally Republican positions such as kicking welfare recipients and immigrants while they're down, he'll easily dodge much of Dole's criticism. Hopefully, Clinton will also be able to bait the crusty ex-senator into losing his notorious temper. That could very well provide the Democrats with a soundbite (such as Dole's 1976 "Democrat wars" seething) that they can use to heap insult upon the injury that they have already inflicted on Dole's third (and thankfully, last) doomed crusade for the presidency...