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  a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man

• The normally phlegmatic Minister lost her cool when she was heckled by the members of the press about the scam surrounding her ministry.
• It was really fortunate that Ms Takashima was never phlegmatic about Company data and took care to take regular backups and consequently the earthquake caused only a minor loss of data.
• It is a wonder that Mr Browne is so phlegmatic even in such moments of crisis.

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News & Articles

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• The miraculous development of Gareth Bale into a ?100-million target
  Southampton fans are a phlegmatic bunch, so last week's report that the club had foregone the clause allowing it 25 percent of any sell-on fee that Tottenham Hotspur generate for Gareth Bale -- in return for the £3m payment that kept it afloat in 2009 -- was met with less despair that you might have thought.
  Aug. 6, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Ben Lyttleton: The development of Gareth Bale into a Real Madrid target
  Southampton fans are a phlegmatic bunch, so last week's report that the club had foregone the clause allowing it 25 percent of any sell-on fee that Tottenham Hotspur generate for Gareth Bale -- in return for the £3m payment that kept it afloat in 2009 -- was met with less despair that you might have thought.
  Aug. 6, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Andrew Strauss in Moneycontrol.com
  It was a new-ball pitch and the new ball misbehaved throughout the test. You have to be phlegmatic about it, some of the batsmen got some pretty good balls,Strauss said.
• Dennis Amiss in BBC News
  We became very close in the England side,said Amiss. "I phoned him earlier this week and he was fine - upset by the results but Bob was phlegmatic, he knew there were some good days and some bad days. I remember he used to say: 'all I can...
• Sir Alex Ferguson in Telegraph.co.uk
  Ferguson says: "You cannot compare the players' temperaments. Eric was a more emotional, moody character who needed more than anything to play. I'm sure Rio is desperate to play tomorrow, as well, but he is a more phlegmatic character, he has...