Word: constrainer
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...governor threatened to constrain school budgets in an effort to inspire reform. He reportedly answered "I don't know yet" when asked what he had in mind...
Gates doesn't get it. Even though he was not physically present when Rodney King had the hell beat out of him in Los Angeles on March 3, Gates, as head of the L.A.P.D., is responsible. When one has the power to constrain those who might engage in an immoral enterprise, one has a responsibility to do so. In such a situation, a leader's worthiness is judged by how that responsibility is discharged, both before and after the outrage is committed. Gates failed at both ends...
...last chance" aspect of the latest U.N. resolution, Bush had, for the time being at least, confounded his domestic opponents -- especially those on Capitol Hill. Few will dispute the President's assertion that he is attempting to "go the extra mile for peace." Few will seek to constrain his handling of the crisis, at least not until the Baker-Saddam meeting is concluded -- and by then it may be too late to again cry "Wait...
Stalin did not choose to constrain himself, despite the vow of the three Yalta leaders to help secure "the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live." Now that the Soviets are loosening the fist they clenched after Yalta, it will be up to two men in the Mediterranean to redeem the promises the Soviets made about Eastern Europe 44 long years...
...along with renewed interest in federal solutions for a variety of domestic ills. Still, Reagan's preachments about the evils of Big Government and high progressive tax rates continue to dominate the political landscape. Even his failures, the most monumental being the nation's mounting debt, have served to constrain the discussion. Recalling Reagan's record as Governor of California in a lead editorial recently, the Los Angeles Times noted that "in subtle ways, Reagan made it acceptable to resent assistance to poor people. No longer was there emphasis on the citizens fulfilling their collective responsibility to society through...