Word: restrainer
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...devastating farmers in Nebraska, but it's also making an impact as far away as the Capitol Hill. Majority leader Tom Daschle introduced a proposal last week in the Senate that would authorize some $5 billion in drought relief for farmers. President Bush has previously said that to restrain the federal deficit, he wants any aid to come from the $249 billion farm bill that was enacted last May. That's likely to set off a feisty debate in some congressional districts over whether farmers need extra help or have had plenty of help already...
...what he was doing. I just knew it in my mind," she says. "I yelled, 'Stop it!' and grabbed him around the upper body. I tried to pull him up. And that's when he bit me." She screamed, and passengers started crawling over seats to restrain him. But his teeth would not let go. "I couldn't get my hand out of his mouth. I thought he was going to rip my hand apart it hurt so bad. It was surreal," she says. "I saw all these men coming ... and I knew...
...Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Saudis are pushing for a peace-plan based on Israel's 1967 borders, and urging the U.S. to restrain Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. The Saudi position, once again is motivated in part by the fear that the survival of the House of Saud requires placating the anti-American rage generated among ordinary Saudis by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and like many moderate Arab regimes, they're particularly alarmed at the potential domestic consequences of a U.S. attack on Iraq while battles rage in the West Bank and Gaza. But the most forceful advocates of attacking...
...alarm bells ringing in Jakarta. Speculation on the actions and intentions of the President's husband reminds Indonesians of the opaqueness of the Suharto era and raises fresh questions about how open the country is really becoming. "There will be no good governance so long as Taufik does not restrain himself from grabbing the power his wife has," says Eros Djarot, formerly a close Megawati friend and adviser who has found himself sidelined since she became President, in part because of disagreements over her husband's conduct...
...TIME: And your brothers? Do you warn them not to abuse their connection to you? Taufik: I warn them but I can't restrain them. I try because I'm the one that will have problems...