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...occasion, McCloskey's hot Irish temper has proved a match for Kissinger's shouting, fist-slamming outbursts. That undiplomatic trait may stand McCloskey in good stead when he tries to tell his boss a thing or two about dealing with a Congress that is determined, as they say on the Hill, to be in on the takeoffs of U.S. foreign policy as well as the crash landings...
...says Team Captain Unseld, "is our desire to win for the coach." Says Hayes: "He brought us a championship attitude. He's not a yelling, screaming kind of coach." Not that Jones is incapable of venting his wrath when the Bullets misfire. Says Unseld: "He can lose his temper and look at you, and you want to get right...
Unfortunately for the rest of the league, the Bullets have given Jones few opportunities to show that temper. At this point, they rate as co-favorites with the defending champion Celtics to win the N.B.A. title, and all the signs are propitious. A recent home game marked the reappearance of Dancing Harry, a high-stepping fan who is a master at putting the funky hex on opponents. Harry abandoned the Bullets four seasons ago and began to prance for the Knicks. New York won the championship a year later. Last season Harry cast his shimmying spells for the New York...
...impart a subtle tension (and an air of elegant craftsmanship) above and beyond the call of television duty. Indeed, all three conspire to make Costigan seem a much wittier writer than he is. Olivier can get laughs by snuffling or shuffling the papers on his desk. Hepburn in a temper, or just making an entrance or exit, remains, as always, a great theatrical occasion...
...political struggles that lie ahead, obviously the best thing Ford has going for him is his unimperial presidential temperament. As his aide Bob Hartmann puts it: "The Democrats would love for the President to lose his cool, get mad and have a temper tantrum. But he doesn't look back and brood. His philosophy is that each time you huddle, you line up for a new play regardless of whether you've gained or lost on the last...