Word: tempers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
...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...
...Ottawa Bureau Chief Lansing Lamont reported last week, Canadians "remember the sense of expectancy that Trudeau generated in 1968, but have come to realize that he has generally governed Canada with more cautious pragmatism than panache." The Prime Minister was also suffering from television overexposure and a perilously short temper. Once he had demanded of Western farmers: "Why should I sell your wheat?" On another occasion, he rebuffed a group of demonstrators with the sarcastic comment "Where's Bia-fra?" Still another time, he told a group of striking mail-truck drivers to "mangez de la merde...
...instead appears to be relying on the reputation of his party for prudent management. But Barzel's election could conceivably fuel a new round of price increases, since West Germany's unions, which have been remarkably restrained under Social Democrat Brandt, would feel no obligation to temper their demands if Barzel was in power...
...world," where any attempt by Harvard to aid Angolans in gaining their independence of Portugal is nothing more than a symbolic act, Farber--trying to sound pragmatic--sounds instead like a grumpy Eeyore. We deserve better from him, for he is described as a man of liberal and generous temper...