Word: temperment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Epileptoid types: tending to have epileptic convulsions, hysterical fits, sudden bursts of temper, head aches (migraine); diseases of the brain itself and of the ductless glands, rarely cancer...
...calling the Schacht Solution "fair" Berlin commentators pointed out that the profits of the Reichsbank have largely arisen from its right to issue paper money ?a right conferred by the State. In the present Socialist temper of Germany a general belief that the original subscribers to the bank stock were "profiteering" on their 8% plus dividends might easily lead to a situation in which the Government would be forced by public opinion to curtail the Reichsbank's profitable right of issue. Under the new plan imputations of profiteering can hardly arise, yet the stockholders will receive?if they agree...
Bushnell stressed the fact that "twelve men for woman, God help us are still twelve human beings who react to honesty and chicanery just as we all do. In testifying before them, avoid the 'smart-aleck' attitude, the dogged attitude, and nervous hesitancy. Keep your temper. A clever cross-examiner will draw you out, emphasize your faults, and so discredit your testimony in the eyes of the jury. But the policeman armed with the truth has a 90 per cent advantage over any crooked lawyer...
...rough and bloody melee that left more than one stain on the Garden ice, with 17 penalties in all being dealt out by the referees. Harvard took ten of them and besides being short on temper also seemed short on wind. Coach Stubb's charges were obviously out of condition after the long midyear lay off but Marquette might have beaten them at any time. The Crimson found the Hilltoppers a hard working team...
This tempest has arisen not so much from the unfairness of the authorities as their continued failure to appreciate the temper of the press. Circumstances indicate that several faithful employees of the University were being harshly dealt with. Instead of exerting any effort to dispel these impressions, those in charge of press relations defended these actions with a Jovian silence. The public drew conclusions, not particularly clever, but convincingly damning and unpleasant. The result was that the god-like silence have the University very much the appearance of a thoroughly unholy Scrooge...