Word: restraint
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...never ceases to amaze me how much medication or surgery a person will endure in order to avoid a modicum of self-restraint at the dinner table. Drugs like Redux do not treat the indolence and self-pity that are the true causes of our obesity and poor health. KEVIN RUMON Atherton, California Via E-mail
...overload. Individually these suites represent landmark innovations in technical experimentation and extraordinary lyricism. All stuffed together like a blue-light-special, all-you-can-eat fest, they tend to blend together and become tragically diminished. Bravo to Mr. Wispelwey nevertheless for earnestly sculpting each suite with a combination of restraint, virtuosity and playfulness...
According to Avery W. Gardiner '97, chair of the IOP's Student Advisory Committee, the awkwardly-shaped Forum is Harvard's largest auditorium that allows for adequate security. Given this restraint, the IOP--whose mission is to "encourage undergraduate student interest in the dynamics of politics"--should do more to give undergrads access to prominent speakers. Perhaps, for the next such popular speech, consideration could be given to alternate venues, such as Sanders Theatre, which holds many more people than the Arco Forum, and could, with a little effort, be made as secure and media-friendly...
...play if they continue to stall the peace process." Certainly Arafat was in no great hurry to squelch the uprising. On Wednesday Israeli security officials expressed frustration that he was not responding to their appeals to restore calm. On Thursday afternoon Arafat issued a call to his forces for restraint. But it was half-hearted, and the violence, though lessened, continued into Saturday. Netanyahu, once so resolutely standoffish, phoned Arafat asking for a meeting. But the Palestinian leader gave no firm answer. Says Jirbawi: "He wants to give it back to Netanyahu...
...statement said the opening of the tunnel was "ill-timed" and expressed "solidarity with Palestinian police officers who exercised restraint and intervened to end the attacks...