Word: rein
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...Gulf War, and ultimately brought him home, recognized by the U.S. and Israel as the head of the newly minted Palestinian Authority in 1994. The U.S. and Israel were willing to overlook corruption, cronyism, autocracy and repression in Arafat's administration as long as he kept a tight rein on Hamas and other militants. And Arafat himself maintained the ambiguity, never quite facing up to the limits on the deal he'd signed with Israel, preferring to hold his movement together by saying different things among his own followers to the things he was saying in the White House...
...several other speakers said students must lobby American politicians and UN officials to put increased pressure on Khartoum, which thus far has refused to rein in the ongoing genocide in the western Sudanese region of Darfur...
...getting by in a fang-and-claw world in which killing, thieving and cheating pay such rich dividends. It's harder still when there's no moral cop walking the beat to blow the whistle when things get out of control. Best to have a deity on hand to rein in our worst impulses, bring out our best and, not incidentally, give us a sense that there's someone awake in the cosmic house when the lights go out at night and we find ourselves wondering just why we're here in the first place. If a God or even...
...Judges, with this awareness that there’s a public audience looking at them, may develop this sense of what dramatic performance requires,” says Sarat. “Will they look better if they keep a tight rein on lawyers? Will they look better if they give lawyers more latitude...
...surprise to hear the President talk about wanting to rein in his daughters," concludes Ury. "He conducts his job in very much the same manner...