He approached the offending object warily but with his temper rising, circled it, pushed it about a bit, began to take liberties with it, settled in with it, called for a cup of tea next to it, and finally began disassembling it.
Another time, a star performer with a volatile temper cost us a major client.
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After it was aired, he phoned the show's host, Carlos Espa, and lost his temper with him.
He never married but had lots of friends, many in high places, and could be good company, though with a stormy temper.
That the new Conservative Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell, lost his temper with a member of Scotland Yard's Diplomatic Protection Group, is not in dispute.
We have one of the greatest coaches of all-time in Bobby Knight fired by Indiana some dozen years ago for his inability to control his temper with students.
Louis plays a lo-fi version of himself, spending his days drifting through New York, brooding, bingeing on ice cream, slumping in wintry playgrounds, like Charlie Brown with a buried temper.
"We did have a few problems with him over his temper, " reveals the former Republic of Ireland international.
You can use history as a guide, but make sure you temper it with an evaluation of the current environment.
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You get three earplugs made of soft, hypoallergenic silicone, with tiny filters to temper the sound, and a small cylindrical aluminum carrying case that fits on a key ring.
But if the gap between what can be achieved and the high ambition of Global Zero grows too wide, its claim to temper idealism with gritty pragmatism will be in jeopardy.
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Be rational, be optimistic if so inclined, but temper it with a commonsensical conclusion that we have seen something similar to this before, and that previous outcomes seldom matched the exuberance.
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The award compiled global public votes online and the winner -- The Temper Traps with their self-titled LP with pictures of connections in a human brain -- was announced on 10 January.
But, if Mr Rideau wants to be freed, he will still have to rely on judges and juries ready to temper horror with mercy and with the hope that the horror will not happen again.
But those who continually temper their passion with reality principles, and adjust their course, are much more likely to see success in getting there.
Many expect, perhaps too optimistically, that France's new leader will convince Angela Merkel of Germany to temper her obsession with austerity in the European economy.
Nepalese film and television stars are giving traffic police in Kathmandu lessons in how to be polite, to help them control their temper when faced with chaos on the roads.
Other women have been more confrontational in the face of obstacles: One entrepreneur, who had started a business in 1990, lost her temper when confronted with a "No Women Allowed" sign in a government department, and ripped the sign off the door.
Third, the Bank of England is an institution in a state of some flux, having been criticised by some for failing to stem the great crisis of 2007-8, and about to be endowed with enormous new powers to temper the next financial crisis.
The old watchman sat under this tree, and Nawab and the other younger men would sit with him at dusk, teasing him, trying to make his violent temper flare up, and joking around with one another.
Does he treat hotel and restaurant staff with respect or does he have temper tantrums?
To temper those positive observations with a dose of reality, the fact is that month-to-month employment numbers tend to be pretty erratic.
At Wimbledon in June her image suffered a further blow when she lost her temper in an interview with a BBC reporter who suggested she needed to refocus on her game.
Known for his frequent temper tantrums and arguments with referees, John McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles, was part of five U.S. Davis Cup winning teams, and held the Number One world ranking for four straight years (1981-1984).
Berman is an intense, square-jawed man in his fifties, with a scarred body and a quick temper.
But if you are prepared to temper Parisian style and sophistication with a Latin flavour, then Buenos Aires is right on the money.
The market had its own short-lived temper tantrum this week, with the VIX spiking about 35% within hours on Monday in response to the Italian election and the SPX booked its biggest one-day loss of the year.
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Mr Blair's rare flashes of public temper reveal a man who burns with the passion that the agreeable Mr Hague badly lacks.
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