Word: reined
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Businesses will rein in their spending for a while too, virtually ensuring that the third quarter will become the first one with no economic growth in the past eight years--unless the second quarter gets there first. Domestic output in the second quarter grew at a rate of just 0.17% and could be revised to below zero...
...impossible to replace Massoud, Afghanistan's strongest champion of moderate Islam and a passionate nationalist who led the resistance against Soviet occupation, earning the title "Lion of Panjshir" for doggedly defending the valley. For years he complained about Washington's reluctance to rein in Pakistan's covert military support for the Taliban. "We have told Western countries again and again of the dangers of Taliban extremism, of bin Laden and his terrorists," he recently told TIME at his headquarters. In recent years, however, he came to be seen in some Western circles as a leader who could challenge not only...
...other militant groups. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s line has also softened since last Friday, when he branded Arafat a terrorist and accused the PA of harboring terrorist groups. Despite the cancellation of weekend talks, there are indications that Arafat has in recent days begun to rein in terrorist groups working from within PA territory and that Israelis are recognizing his efforts...
...faith in Pakistani politics, but that has put the U.S. increasingly at loggerheads with Islamabad. For example, two of the key Kashmiri militant groups have been placed on the State Department's list of terrorist organizations, but Pakistani authorities have been less than fully cooperative with U.S. requests to rein in these groups and to put pressure on the Taliban to hand over Bin Laden...
...more involved pleasures of the rest of the album, which culminate in the long, seductive curve of “Unison,” which builds slowly over subtle clicks and rattles while the harp supplements Björk’s devastating voice, finally given full rein after an album of largely downplayed numbers. In the end, the song dissolves into arpeggiated harp patterns, and a looped keyboard swirl as Björk disappears into the ice cave from whence she came. If the gods are smiling, perhaps Tricky will be lurking somewhere in the shadows, and ready...