Word: temperment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Mary Herndon Ralston, 99, last survivor of nine children born to William Henry Herndon, Abraham Lincoln's longtime (21 years) law partner and biographer (Life of Lincoln); in Springfield, Ill. The Lincoln Herndon knew was an odd, thoughtful man ("the loveliest since Christ"), whose wife's temper was a town scandal and who brought his children to the law office where they "bent the points of all the pens, overturned inkstands, threw the pencils into the spittoon...
...repeated in Britain. This time the Russians blundered, and it will always be a source of wonder why they did or how they could. They should have been prepared for firmness and bluntness in an atmosphere of correct and polite welcome. The fact that Khrushchev lost his temper several times, antagonized his hosts, alarmed neutral opinion everywhere, and set back the Communist campaigns for popular fronts with Socialists proves that the Russians were not prepared for the reception they received...
Line Demolished. By losing his temper and his good sense, Khrushchev had demolished one of the Kremlin's best current lines-that Socialists and Communists are really brothers at heart, both working for the same objectives. In their candid moments, Communists have always considered democratic socialists and trade unionists dangerous antagonists, for they are living proof that societies can reform themselves without revolution and terror. Said Gaitskell with satisfaction: "Even left-wing members cannot have had any but the most ghastly experience...
There is a proverb that "one who eats the flesh of camel inherits its basic temper." I have spent many years in Spanish Morocco, only to learn to respect the Arab temper. The wounds of the Balfour Declaration cannot be forgotten, and the Arabs would attempt to throw the Jews of Israel into the sea. And if Lieut. General Glubb was surprised at King Hussein's orders, I think he is a very small...
...group of Negro mothers would march up to its main door, parade around for a while with placards reading, "Our Children Play Together; Why Can't They Learn Together?" and then return peacefully to their homes. There was never any violence, not even a sign of hate or temper. But the fact remained that Hillsboro is the scene of the only integration battle in Ohio...