Dixon and the printer grew impatient and presented a forged note to the trustee to collect early.
He acknowledges that he can be quick-tempered, irascible and impatient but, as one observer notes, these are "the genetic traits of a born campaigner.
In 1992, Jon Pareles of The New York Times reported that Nirvana's breakthrough had made others in the alternative scene impatient for achieving similar success, noting, "Suddenly, all bets are off.
A British nurse who contracted Ebola -- and was lucky to survive -- returned to the front lines in Sierra Leone as quickly as his medical team would allow, noting he was "impatient" to continue helping the people of West Africa.
But I, the impatient type, tend to read program notes later.
A pile of grey folders are stuffed with different versions, alongside notes from meetings with impatient movie tycoons.
Scientists and advocates for patients have grown impatient with delays in posting the registry, noting that researchers could not draft applications for financing without the information.
"The 'two-minute mind' easily becomes impatient with any material requiring depth of processing," noted Dr. Jane M. Healy, an educational psychologist, in a commentary published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
He also notes that he was a dynamic, impatient extrovert.
Uncharacteristically, Hoban hits a few false notes early on, when the writing has an impatient feel to it.
