In Cornwall's study of 'reproductive strategies' within one Yoruba community in Nigeria, she highlights the "socially embedded nature of reproductive agency, the contingencies that complicate 'choice'", and the fact that reproductive strategies are "always tempered by relations of sociality and power" in this particular setting ([ 19]. p252).
The downside of the Giuliani years could be linked to the mayor's personal qualities: his temper, his tense relations with the minority communities and his bullying of public officials who have crossed him.
The negotiations with Iran had tempered US-Saudi relations in particular, though the two countries are reportedly close to sealing a deal on two Lockheed Martin warships for the kingdom.
With relations frayed and tempers flaring between labor and City Hall, the municipal unions have balked at accepting the $600 million in money-saving concessions sought by the mayor.
The past two weeks have seen some of the worst smog ever, taking a severe toll not only on peoples' lungs, throats and tempers, but also on diplomatic relations and Indonesia's attempts to improve its environmental image.
He too is not surprised yet holds a strongly optimistic view on race relations which is tempered with a sense of realism and rationalism a la his impromptu comments today.
For instance, questions such as how the new values are tempered by traditional values, what the relations are between the tensions, and how the middle class cope with the tensions need to be resolved.
Last week, the California governor was caught on tape — actually, an audio file — musing on a supposed co-relation between the hot temper and racial ancestry of a state legislator.
Though Feinberg later tempered his views, the damage to his relations with the trial bar was done.
Microsoft is mobilizing a pervasive lobbying and public relations campaign in an effort to temper the impact of a potentially devastating federal court ruling and generate positive public and political opinion.
