Word: temperments
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...hold of him and his agent to give us an explanation, but so far we haven't had an answer. He has behaved like a spoiled child." Confirming that observation was no less an authority than Tina Turner, who last week recalled for Mike Wallace how John threw a temper tantrum after she tried to correct his arrangement of Proud Mary at VH1's Divas '99 show. "He's just very sensitive," said Turner. "Very, very sensitive." Or just very in touch with his inner child...
...tell, kids have pretty much given themselves over to the plastic brand of lunchboxes or perennial paper bags - and that seems like a real shame. Where is the thrill in dragging a plastic lunchbox down the slats of a wooden fence? What kind of temper tantrums can a kid throw if the only thing she has to hurl down a flight of stairs is a brown paper bag lunch...
...power for a sweeping moratorium), he's got some discretion when it comes to the death penalty: he can stay executions, and most important, he appoints Texas' powerful 18-member parole commission. All the current members owe their jobs to him. Until this week, Bush showed no inclination to temper his state's death-sentencing culture. He has scuttled a bill that would have spared the mentally challenged and vetoed one that would have provided better lawyers for indigent defendants. His justice department's website lists prisoners killed as well as their last meals...
...foremost, council members on all sides need to adopt a greater willingness to compromise in embracing a shared goal. It is reasonable to expect that some council members will disagree with projects like the "Harvard Census 2000." But it is also reasonable to expect that these same members will temper their opposition in deference to student body support of a popularly elected officer's platform. It is a subtle, but important, difference. In the case of the census project, opponents would have done better to attempt to change the direction of the project--for example, by proposing changes...
...remain as the school's basketball coach despite a well-documented history of abusing players, coaches, administrators and anyone else who just happened to be there. Oh, yeah, he's a successful coach. He deserves another chance, they say, based on his record and his promise to control his temper. But do we really expect Bob Knight to change? He is who he is: a coach whose success is based on bullying and intimidating people. His style is rooted in boorish behavior, with which he psychologically terrorizes his players for his own benefit...