Word: restraint
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...initiating conflicts in the region, especially nuclear conflicts. But Israel is most likely to conform its behavior to American requests when American abandonment is a credible threat--when U.S./Israeli relations are frostiest. If Israel were confident of unqualified American support, it would be unwilling to exhibit such remarkable restraint while absorbing Iraqi Scuds...
...shining moral example cannot even afford to respond when unprovoked bombs rain down on its cities. In order to earn the continued protection of an ally that no longer benefits from providing it, it must prove itself a paragon of restraint...
...example, Harvard suffers from a "collossal physical restraint," the director says. Space problems in the current dining and kitchen facilities may inhibit attempts to expand current services, Berry adds...
...should also continue to praise Israel for its restraint. Although most of the Arab allies have assured other coalition members that they will remain united against Saddam Hussein, an Arab-Israeli war could only hurt the chances for more Western-Arab cooperation, which will be essential if collective security is to work...
...students, faculty and dining hall staff that we had nothing to do with the planning or distribution of the condoms and bogus programs. We would also like to express our sincere sympathy to Dunster House for any embarrassment or displeasure this act may have cause, and we urge restraint of judgment and action on the part of the Black students and staff who feel that this incident, albeit racially insensitive, was racially motivated...