Word: restrain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CHOICE MOVEMENT as much as Operation Rescue, which has staged passionate demonstrations in front of abortion clinics and tried to block those entering. Faced with local officials who deemed such protests legal, abortion-rights advocates turned to the federal courts. There a number of judges were willing to restrain Operation Rescue through an 1871 federal civil rights law originally designed for use against the Ku Klux Klan. Women seeking abortions, the judges ruled, deserved the same protected status as blacks...
...like to see it remain such that the dogs can run free, Bowles said. "However... if they [dog owners] are going to let them run freely, they have to be able to restrain them immediately...
...going global. As carriers around the world mount new battles for international market share, they are forming alliances with other airlines and pooling resources. Before most of the new partnerships can get off the ground, though, they must navigate the thicket of trade restrictions that still restrain international airline traffic. Many governments fear that foreign carriers are gaining too great an advantage in their markets, undermining local jobs and revenues. Says Edmund Greenslet, publisher of the Airline Monitor, a trade publication: "National feelings about airlines obviously trigger more passion than TVs and automobiles. Airlines are a highly symbolic...
...find myself having to restrain, whereas my whole nature is to go all out," he says. "It's been a strain on me, but I feel like I've been able to give it the attention that it needs, but not to let it dominate me or my goals for the team...
...than applied that tag to Clinton (49%). That explains why Clinton told an audience in Seattle, "Let me tell you folks -- of all the choices you have in this election, only one has never been part of the Washington insider establishment . . . Only one has ever done anything to restrain the influence of lobbyists and promote political reform...