Word: restrainer
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...bring peace than having Arafat in that role did. Arafat fooled himself and his people over what the Israelis would offer at the conclusion of the Oslo process; the Israelis fooled themselves over what Arafat, or any other Palestinian leader, would be prepared to accept. Just as Israeli democracy restrains the government from making the concessions necessary for peace, so does the uncorked genie of Palestinian democracy restrain Palestinian leaders from compromising. In fact, a cursory assessment of the positions articulated thus far by Abbas and Olmert offers little evidence to suggest that these two men are any more likely...
...with the Republican Party, flexing powerful political muscles. And in the Vatican, the conservatism of John Paul II found its natural successor in the austere and more thoroughgoing orthodoxy of the new Pope, Benedict XVI. There seemed no stopping this cultural surge, just various attempts to adjust to it, restrain it from violence and temper its extremes...
...This year also saw new moves to relax media ownership laws, which previously sought to restrain media moguls enjoying market dominance in Australia’s small and widely separated capital cities. As justification, the Howard government claims the changes are necessary for the betterment of the country’s democracy, a position plainly contradicted by what followed...
Although there are many situations that warrant the use of an exclamation point, a legal brief being submitted to the Supreme Court probably isn't one of them. But Teddy Gordon may have been too revved up to restrain his grammar. The Louisville, Ky., attorney, who has long dreamed of arguing before the highest court in the land and who in recent months had a sign in his office that said "Washington D.C. or Bust," has been on a mission to overturn the racial guidelines Kentucky's Jefferson County adopted to keep its public schools integrated. The student-assignment policy...
...which coalition forces have already been withdrawn. There Shi'ite militias backed by Iran have taken control, intimidating government forces into submission and terrorizing Sunnis. On several occasions Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite, has had to plead with radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to restrain his fighters from killing soldiers and police--with limited results...