Word: restraint
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...certain stiffness and restraint in the Harvard manner invariably makes an unfavorable impression on a man accustomed to the breeziness of the free-and-easy West, but it can hardly be taken to mean that there is less of real democracy at Cambridge than in the college towns on the Coast. Harvard democracy is accustomed to express itself in a less demonstrative fashion, that is all, and although it lies deeper beneath the surface, its presence cannot be denied...
...many of them have been ready to rush into the headlines at every opportunity, forgetting that the dignity of their profession calls for soberness in thought and restraint in language. Harvard has furnished some conspicuous examples of this indiscretion on the part of teachers to whom our national declarations of neutrality seem to have meant nothing whatever. This may be due in part to the fact that college professors are usually men of strong convictions and in part to the fact that not a few of them have a kindly feeling toward Germany by reason of their years of study...
...Trusts, Restraint of Trade, Tuesday, June...
...crash arrives on time in the third act, accompanied by a most unfortunate quantity of raving. Here again Miss Carlisle's dignity and restraint mark her as an artist...
...poor dramatization. Lee Wilson Dodd, however, in the present case, has done his task well, for there is as much dramatic consistency shown as is necessary and thorough sagacity in the arrangement of the dialogue. One rule which has been wisely followed is that of moderation and restraint, and the result is that the taste of caricature and burlesque of some twentieth century humans wins. The modern business man and his family receive a goodly share of these taps, which are pleasantly dealt, losing nothing because they are not venomous...