Word: restrainer
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...heading off what the visions and voices were leading to. "I had a fear I would hurt somebody. I thought it better to end my own life and prevent it," she said. What others saw as her silence and nervousness, she said, were her attempts to restrain herself from acting out and causing harm...
...leverage behind its own demands that Israel hand back the Golan Heights. It transferred weapons sent from Iran to Hizballah's forward positions along the Israeli border, and created a defensive shield behind which its fighters trained in the Bekaa Valley. But that relationship both enabled and restrained Hizballah, because Israeli or U.S. pressure on and incentives to Syria could prompt it to rein in the Lebanese guerrilla army. Syria's departure from Lebanon may have diminished some of its direct influence over Hizballah, and Damascus may have less will to restrain it while Syria remains in Washington's diplomatic...
...restrain runaways who are too fragile to survive on the outside, Administrator Edward Farmilant of Chicago's Somerset nursing home gave the front door guard pictures of 36 patients who might make a break for it. "I may be violating their civil rights," he says, "but many would be in danger on the streets." Administrators often see a breakout coming. Says Levine: "When residents get very quiet, we know they are thinking about leaving." Levine stopped one repeater by simply converting him from prisoner to guard. Now he is an "underground security agent" who watches the back door...
...Bush administration has put the "moral clarity" of refusing to engage with an elected Hamas government above the realpolitik needed to manage a volatile region. Nor is it inclined to restrain Israel from actions that may have irreversible negative consequences. It has, in other words, left itself little scope to orchestrate a calming of the situation through pressure both on Israel and key Arab players. Gaza therefore reveals a certain paradox in the U.S.-Israel relationship: the closer the Bush administration has positioned itself alongside Israel, the less valuable its friendship may have become. After all, the best kind...
TIME's cover photo seems to show Natalie Maines' bandmates holding her around the waist as if they're trying to restrain her. If they would cover her mouth, the Chicks might get some of their fans back...