Word: temperment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...masterpiece on this bill, an exquisitely orchestrated work full of both lyricism and humor, is L 'Enfant et les Sortilèges (literally The Child and the Sorceries). Colette wrote the libretto, a serenely wise fantasy about a child's guilt after a temper tantrum. When L'Enfant was first produced in 1925, George Balanchine, then 21, provided the incidental choreography. But noble lineage does not burden this opera in the way that it does Satie's Parade, probably because it offers ample possibilities for different interpretations. The little boy (played by Mezzo-Soprano Hilda Harris...
...Princeton," says a decidedly impatient Monroe Trout, "is playing physical and emotional, with maybe a temper flaring here and there to get them out of that machine they play...
...home, Chadli has moved to temper the repressive climate that marked Boumedienne's regime by releasing some political prisoners (including Algeria's first President, Ahmed Ben Bella) and allowing other exiled opponents to return for visits. Chadli has also turned away from the centralized, Soviet-style economic system that Boumedienne favored. Instead, the government is actively encouraging smaller enterprises and, in agriculture and housing, even a return to private ownership. There are steadily improving economic ties with the West, the major customers for the oil and natural gas that bring in 98% of Algeria's foreign exchange...
...wrong, but in the case of Iran the impulse to understand what has happened to the U.S. in the past 14½ months may offer the only way out of a blind rage. Blindness has been a metaphor throughout. The U.S. was blind not to see the extent and temper of the Iranian revolution against the Shah; blind fanatics seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran; the Ayatullah Khomeini's blind sense of vengeance sanctioned the seizure; and the hostages suffered their own blindness, held in solitary and the dark. All year long, photographs of American heads in blindfolds became...
...Unflappable" is the word acquaintances most often apply to Christopher. His manner is methodical, even colorless, and his temper is seemingly nonexistent. That may be his greatest qualification for dealing with the mercurial Iranians. Says former Governor Brown: "I regard him as one of the ablest men I have ever met. He's diplomatic. He's skillful. He's fair." Carter paid a similar compliment last week in awarding Christopher the Medal of Freedom: "He is indeed outstanding." Privately, Carter added that he regrets not having named Christopher to succeed Griffin Bell as Attorney General...