Word: restraint
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...soft-pedaling or avoiding stories because they might upset viewers, the trend could be troubling. "In some cases," notes David Bartlett, president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, "good journalism demands that we disturb our audience." For now, however, the family-sensitive boomlet has brought a dose of restraint to local news -- and, for viewers who already have tabloid choices aplenty, a welcome alternative...
...opening day, but as the team celebrated on the field afterwards, there was a sense of restraint. It was going to be a long season, and besides, there was always The Game...
...such restraint uncommon? Maybe not. "Formost, virginity-'tilmarriage was still the norm(from which deviations did occur) and notnecessarily felt as childishness to be trashed atthe first opportunity. In '44, The Pill wasunheard of, and God was still a He. Unless you hada married lady's arcane information, chastityprevented peck of troubles. (You didn't have tolike it. Many complained...
Last week she died as she had lived, the most private of public persons, a delicate glow in the harshly lit landscape of American celebrity. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis radiated courage and restraint, glamour and conspicuous shyness. What she thought about her crowded life no one knows because, with the exception of interviews granted to Theodore White and William Manchester in 1963 and 1964 respectively, she never spoke about her experiences after the assassination or revealed her reactions or opinions. Tapes of these interviews exist; White's will be released next year, but Manchester's are embargoed until...
...makes one wonder how well he understands all that history of former Presidents that he has read and pondered, in which political success almost always is rooted in a preponderance of personal discretion, discipline, restraint, candor and courage. Harry Truman: The kitchen is hot. Live accordingly...