Word: temperment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...anonymous person tried to continue the revolt after the committee report criticizing the seniors. But his efforts failed, despite his assertion that "we must have some indulgence for Mr. Adams' humor. The mortifications and disappointments of his life have soured the old man's temper--and he must needs disgorge his venom...
Colombia (pop. 12,650,000). President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla presides over a country that is politically in a state of siege and emotionally in a state of shock. Although he has built up the country (see below), he has let a quick temper lead him into harsh police-state methods (TIME, Feb. 20) and an unmatched record as a newspaper-killer. The betting is that, one way or another...
Crafty Hand. But after he saw a few more chapters, Beaverbrook lost his enthusiasm and, finally, his temper. He charged inaccuracies, misinterpretations and libel. "There were threats of litigation about hundreds of passages," Driberg recalls. He modified a few passages, but substantially, he declares, the book went into print as he wrote...
Britain of late has been playing the international game with a great show of practicality. The present national temper -or at least the mood of press and politicians-deplores the expression of principle in politics. When last week's conference between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Eden produced the Washington Declaration (see next page), politically sophisticated Britons assumed that the text was the work of moralizing Americans. A British Foreign Office official read it. and explained that the declaration was addressed to Asians and Africans: "A simple reminder for simple-minded people." Journalist Randolph Churchill called it "pompous...
...card catalogue is passive, however, and McNiff's 45 staff members attest to his endless activity. There is no job that he won't do, whether moving desks or checking out books. With an Irish temper concealed beneath a usually placid surface, McNiff expects--and usually gets--the maximum effort from his co-workers...