Berman is an intense, square-jawed man in his fifties, with a scarred body and a quick temper.

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Some of that anger may have been in the genes: his father, an immigrant baker of German extraction who played little part in his children's upbringing, was said to have a quick temper.

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On the other hand, whereas Mr Bildt has a quick wit and a penchant for acerbic sound-bites, Mr Lundgren comes over as a bit wooden and cold and he has quite a quick temper.

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