Word: restraint
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make so bold, would ask each gentle youth in turn his opinion of the phenomenon in question. One lad said, "The Natural Man is a primeval creature without a soul." Another ventured, "The Natural Man is the superb laughty fellow who satisfies all his desires and passions, admitting no restraint or scruple...
...name-something never seen before on land or sea! . . . Zealots who obscurely think the printing press can take the place of hard work and thrift have a lot to say. . . . This is no time for unhelpful condemnation of the plans of our political opponents, and yet . . . my natural restraint breaks down before the clear need to warn the country...
...foster-parent, Daddy Warbucks, who continues to be a model of industrious honesty. He has begun to market a remarkable new building material when Slugg and Claptrap rouse a mob to burn the factory and kill the inventor. That crime ruins the enterprise and Daddy Warbucks. Daddy behaves with restraint and fortitude, saying only, "Slugg's a crook but he's not important. What is important is that so many people can be fooled by a Claptrap who'd casually ruin a whole people in venting his selfish spite. . . ." Of Claptrap's demagogic promises, Daddy Warbucks...
There was, however, no restraint on Noble Puffer. Rounding up his wife, his lawyers and a party of burly friends, he returned to the office. Picking up what records they could lug, the Aken forces retreated to an inner office, barricaded the door...
...Enforcement, after a two-year lapse, of the anti-trust laws pertaining to practices acting in restraint of trade...