Word: rein
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...Washington has spent over a decade trying to get Beijing to rein in pirates and counterfeiters and this may seem like just another episode in a long-running story. But it's not. Chinese papers feature a prominent story practically every other week in which a senior government official promises to take serious steps to protect intellectual property rights and prevent counterfeiting. Greg Shea, who represents a U.S. information technology association, says he has no doubt that the central government is sincere when they tell him that they want to close down the factories that pump out fake software...
...provinces for gay unions, is the last straw in a series of offenses indicating a massive Western disregard for the authority of the Bible. They say he is not so much trying to blow up the communion as force it, by negotiation and a certain degree of brinkmanship, to rein itself...
...bigger problems than a gaffe-prone health minister. The rest of his cabinet is suddenly proving willful to the point of disloyalty, perhaps sensing the Prime Minister's weakness. Last month Abe had to rein in his defense minister twice after Fumio Kyuma first called the American invasion of Iraq a mistake, then later told Japanese reporters that Washington should not be so "bossy" over a planned relocation of a U.S. military base on Japan's Okinawa island. Kyuma's remarks were not welcome in Washington, which has grown accustomed to Tokyo's uncritical alliance, nor were Foreign Minister Taro...
Maybe Congress has tools to rein in our willful President other than reducing war funding. Since we no longer have a draft, manpower is limited. But Congress should prohibit sending National Guard or Reserve units overseas. Another approach would be to reduce the size of the armed forces and prohibit the retention of personnel beyond the term of enlistment...
...view, nothing at all, as long as China's rise remains peaceful, with China neither provoking others to rein in its power nor slipping into outward aggression. And yet as remote as a confrontation seems today, there are some China watchers who fear a conflict with the West could still materialize in coming years. They point to two factors: the modernization of China's defense forces and the risk of war over Taiwan. The authoritative Military Balance, published annually by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, estimates that China's military spending has increased nearly...