Word: restraint
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Normally, he pokes fun at all types of people without restraint: "Why do homosexuals always have to have a parade? Put a few homosexuals together and you have a parade. And then they start taking over other people's parades. Like the Jewish Butcher Parade--they'll just jump right in." Jokes about Irish, blacks and Hispanics flow without the slightest of inhibitions. But then, he'll stop every so often to let us know that "Racists are the scum of the earth" and that making fun of others is morally wrong. But why even bother? Instead of finding...
...restraint still isn't her strength. Alanislikes to confess, she likes to solve and workthrough her problems in words. And suddenly, itseems like she has the whole world as her musicalcanvas. After a trip to India and an explorationof Eastern religion, she offers us her perspectivenot only on love, but spirituality andenlightenment. Indian themes and phrases pop upall over the album, especially in "Thank U," thefirst single off the album currently saturatingairwaves. (If the "Indian experience" revitalizedMadonna's torpid career and reawakened Alanis,imagine what it could do for someone like CelineDion...
...daughters. The man hurries away and falls to his knees crying. The near-silent dignity of the man's role is undercut by the way the movie seems to want to characterize him. While Dussander, with a grey beard and wire-rimmed glasses, is a picture a masculine restraint, this man, with bald head and flabby features, sobbing hopelessly at the horror of it all, is portrayed as a mere child by comparison. It is this sort of portrayal that makes Apt Pupil a movie unforgettable and unforgivable...
...remarks will fall on mostly unreceptive ears, as the devotees of multiculturalism exhibit a religious devotion. They are prepared to sacrifice the integrity of anything and everything on the almighty altar of Diversity, blind not only to objection but even to the most reasonable calls to mere reflection and restraint. It is therefore not surprising that no one at Tuesday's Faculty meeting saw fit to offer a substantive reply to Mansfield's complaints. It is easier for those secure in their enlightenment to simply stand silently aghast at the ignorant in their midst, especially when it's just some...
...Simon, a 27-year resident of 6 Porter St., added to the chorus of voices calling on the council to pass a resolution urging landlords to "show moderation and restraint and consideration for the affordable housing needs of the current tenants and their families...