Word: restraint
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mansfield began his argument by pointing to shame as the "central controller of human dignity." Shame, while sometimes excessive, is the sole restraint on sexuality, said Mansfield...
This year I advised some restraint, and my tree is now adorned with tasteful mauve silk (although Mommy has stuck with the roses and ribbons motif). Presents are gathering beneath it--the ones I plan to schlepp home mingling with the ones I plan to schlepp across the hall...
...significant role in this choice, but it will not be crucial. Constitutions do not make or break nations--leaders do. Even the universally-lauded United States constitution would have been in trouble had George Washington decided to aggressively assert presidential power; instead he set a stable course by showing restraint. The French Fifth Republic further demonstrates the malleability of constitutions; every French president since Charles De Gaulle has molded the constitution in a particular direction...
...proper role for the U.S. in this next crucial period will be to nudge Yeltsin along the path of restraint, using its massive leverage quietly but firmly. This is a subdued type of diplomacy that will only become public if something goes wrong...
...announced it would withdraw from the NPT, but reconsidered after talks with the U.S.--the first high-level talks between the two countries in decades--had stalled because of that threat. At present, the Clinton Administration is doggedly trying to salvage the negotiations. U.S. negotiators have shown perseverance and restraint, proving that diplomacy can work. They have certainly benefited from the absence of public scrutiny...