To one degree or another they all believe the government can guide and regulate the direction of the economy--pull it out of an economic rut or temper an"unsustainable"boom.

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Defenders of Mr Eyman point out that he has been, until this week, an astute judge of the public temper, and a skilled finger-pointer at the emperor's scanty wardrobe.

ECONOMIST: Citizens' initiatives

Kurt Hellstrom , CEO of Sweden's beleaguered wireless concern Ericsson (nasdaq: ERICY - news - people ), has thrown a temper tantrum, threatening to bail out of the company's joint venture with Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) if sales of mobile phones don't start picking up soon.

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But our baby boomer generation started out so liberal that we need the input of younger people to temper our natural inclinations.

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He loses his cool, loses his temper, and in the heat of the moment he takes out his knife from the kitchen drawer or gun from his trench coat and shoots.

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Mr. NOWICKI: Well, much has been made in the past of, you know, McCain's temper, and you'll still see stories come out about that.

NPR: McCain Keeps Home Fires Burning

He rarely loses his temper, and, when he does, it often seems to be for strategic reasons rather than out of exasperation.

CNN: Mahathir Mohamad

In a spasm of temper Yvonne swung around and opened her hand, flinging away into the river something tiny that gave out one glint of light before it was swallowed without a splash, the water healing instantly behind it.

NEWYORKER: She��s the One