Word: restrainer
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...into the flames. Tutu scolded a crowd of 30,000, threatening to "pack up and leave this beautiful country that I love so passionately and so deeply." Privately, he later said, "I am really scared. We are building up an incredible legacy of hatred . . . How long can we restrain the people...
...circuit-court ruling that severely limited the payout they could seek from Big Tobacco, said Justice Department officials. Under the racketeering statutes cited in the case, the government could not recommend a penalty for any past wrongdoing and instead was restricted to proposals geared to prevent and restrain future action. Prosecutors scrambled to adjust their case. The solution, based on recommendations by longtime Justice lawyers, was to ask the court to demand an initial $10 billion payment, then appoint a monitor to review the behavior of the industry and recommend a suitable penalty every year until the cigarette makers stop...
...Initial Reaction Force (IRF). An IRF team, Saar explains, is a five-person unit responsible for subduing an obstreperous detainee. Four soldiers each take a limb; the fifth takes the head. The soldiers are supposed to apply pressure to sensitive points on the body if necessary to restrain the inmate, but, Saar reports, it is not unusual for detainees to be beaten. The names of detainees and personnel who worked with Saar were changed to protect their privacy...
...emphasis. "I am really scared. I have never seen anything like the scene yesterday. We are building up an incredible legacy of hatred. I cannot be at all the funerals, and one just does not know what is going to happen at future funerals. How long can we restrain the people? I have just got to believe that God is around. That is the only hope. If he is not, we have had it. We are going to have to do a lot of praying." Following the meeting, Tutu spoke with TIME International Editor Karsten Prager and Johannesburg Bureau Chief...
Another factor that will restrain U.S. imports is the falling value of the dollar. Since early March, it has dropped 17% against an average of other major currencies. The finance ministers of the so-called Group of Five--the U.S., Japan, West Germany, France and Britain--announced in September a coordinated effort to bring down the rate of the dollar. A cheaper currency will make imports more expensive for Americans and thus help the U.S. cut its $150 billion annual trade deficit. But it will also inflict further dam age on Asia's export industries...