Word: measuredness
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But the tools of his success have generated considerable controversy. Bruguiere can issue search warrants and wiretaps on a mere hunch, and not all his hunches are right. In 1999 a French court rebuked him by acquitting dozens of suspects in one of his terrorist investigations. Critics say Bruguiere, who...
In a sense Bush has had the gift of a crisis that automatically creates a consensus in public opinion about the necessity, the morality and the justice of what we are doing. I give him very high marks for his remarks to Congress on Sept. 20. It was a very...
Under the choice plan, a student’s socioeconomic status would be measured by his or her eligibility for free and reduced-price meals. Once status is determined, schools would still be assigned to children according to their top choices. However, the schools would also use the socioeconomic status...
Activists scoff at such creepy comparisons, but some admit they are feeling pressured to dial it down. "The movement has been haunted by the need to have a very measured discourse for fear of being stigmatized as anti-American," complains Mathieu Triclot of Aaarg!, a collective of young French militants...
There were reports of marriage proposals being made, divorces being called off, young singles hitting the bars in search of physical comfort - "terror sex" it was quickly dubbed - and people who had religiously gone to the gym each day and devoted themselves to low-fat, high-protein diets deciding to...