Word: reined
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...expect him to stop every terrorist attack, but they do expect him not to loosen the leash on the terrorists, which he has essentially done by releasing them from prison and encouraging them. But they do believe that this time, Arafat is showing more will to try and rein things in. If he's prepared to stop the shooting, that would go an awful long way. Israelis don't like the rioting and Molotov cocktails, but they can live with it. If Arafat can live with that himself, the Israelis are prepared to soften their own tone, which they...
...Arafat's political challenge may be even more formidable. Even if the Palestinian leader has now found the political will to rein in Palestinians confronting the Israelis with rocks and assault rifles, it's an open question whether he'll muster the necessary political authority. Never mind the Islamists who've always opposed the peace process and declared Thursday that they're not bound by any cease-fire; even the rank and file of Arafat's own Fatah organization now appears to favor struggle over negotiations as a means of dealing with the Israelis. The Jerusalem bombing highlights the fact...
...when your throat becomes scratchy, your eyes itchy, your head throbbing next month in the middle of flu season, how will you know that you will recover? Well, one way to give your fears full rein is to get a flu shot that will be offered in the dining halls the next few weeks. Then if you start sniffling, aching and hiccuping, you can demand to be placed in a negative-pressure hospital suite (standard procedure for infectious Ebola patients) while doctors perform myriad blood tests and no doubt confirm their suspicions: You have a strain of flu that...
...good news about our role in global warming is that because we are a major factor in the cause, we can actually do something to change things. The bad news? We probably won't. Governments, including that of the United States, have always been hesitant to rein in industrial polluters and the automobile industry. Three years ago, the U.S. Senate balked at the international community's Kyoto Accord, which would have ostensibly reduced emissions and established detailed regulations to control greenhouse gases...
...Even if Arafat is able to rein in the militants over the next day or two, the cease-fire - like the peace process it's supposed to save - is inherently vulnerable to sabotage by the hard-liners on both sides who oppose it. A terrorist bombing or even a dramatic shooting by Hamas or other hard-liners would force Prime Minister Barak, in deep political peril at home, to respond harshly, which would in turn prompt the Palestinian leadership to respond in kind. And another stroll around the Temple Mount by Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon or even more shootings...