Word: temperments
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...angry young man. Truffaut never got very mad Back in the fifnes he and his critical colleagues filled the pages of Cahiers de Cinema with polemical prose and then, cameras in hand set out to stand French cinema on its head But Truffaut never took that revolutionary temper quite to heart, and his traces of bitterness were always carefully wrapped in nostalgia. At his best--in Jules and Jim Shoot the Piano Player Stolen Kisses-- he manages sufficient wit and irons to keep this side of sentimentality. But of late wit has faded irony has lapsed and nostalgia has Truffaut...
...game was a delayed grudge match, and storm clouds of unleashed temper could be observed forming on the horizon as the two rival squads went through their pre-game paces...
...eliminated only by the voters. Kaunda, a missionary's son, has changed somewhat from the serene, mild-mannered man in the khaki bush jacket whose patience and persuasiveness overrode much of the anger and bitterness engendered by the long fight for independence from Britain. He has a shorter temper nowadays, and is sometimes given to emotional outbursts. He is known to have been disturbed by a split within his party caused by the defection of Kapwepwe and a number of his followers. Last May a mysterious parcel-bomb exploded in Kaunda's office but the Zambian leader...
...many big league ballplayers was expressed in other, more painful ways. In the field, Robinson was frequently spiked; at bat, he had the dubious distinction of being hit by beanballing pitchers more times than any other player in the league. Through it all, though, he kept his temper and helped lead the Dodgers to the 1947 pennant with a team-high batting average of .297. He quieted his critics with a display of clutch hitting, bunting, slick fielding and flashy base running that won him Rookie-of-the-Year honors. In one poll at season...
...impatient, worrisome lives of their children and grandchildren. One son's profession as neighborhood doctor forces him to neglect his family, the Tokyo daughter is so stingy that she begrudges her parents every bite they eat, while a total lack of traditional calm surfaces in the grandson who throws temper-tantrums whenever he is crossed...