Word: restraint
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...straight-forward case of Israeli and Palestinian national interests clashing. International law, the Oslo Accords, American law and precedent are clearly on the Israeli side. Yet President Clinton, a self-proclaimed friend of Israel, has rebuked Israel, not the Palestinians. It seems that the United States expects more restraint and abnegation of national interest from Israeli democracy than from Arafat's murderous dictatorship...
Nesson that an Ad Board meeting would have focused on the "wrong side" of the issue, emphasizing First Amendment rights to free expression instead of responsibility and restraint in journalism...
...enacted to secure the freedom and agency of black Americans. After 1877, the New South planted fields of cotton drenched in the blood of black men savagely murdered by lynch mobs that contained town sheriffs, in much the same way inner-city police continue to murder African-Americans without restraint, remorse or reproach...
...lied, an intimate genre for solo voice and piano, does not always survive orchestration. The two songs that Brahms transcribed, "Memnon" and "An Schwager Kronos," not surprisingly, were very successful. But Kurt Gillman's "Du Bist Die Ruh" and Felix Mottl's "Standchen" invited exuberance and high volume where restraint and calm would have better served the lilting melodies...
Indeed, Chewbacca is a cluster of enigmas: Why isn't he off at his end of the galaxy looking for a mate? Has he been sold into slavery? Is that metal strap a fashion statement? A restraint device? Does he really enjoy interstellar space travel? Is it just a way to pay the bills...