Word: restraint
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Although the Administration is aware of that scenario, it contends that both sides may continue to observe what Shultz called "a de facto form of mutual restraint." Nevertheless, Reagan maintains that only a dramatic change in Soviet behavior would cause him to alter his new stand. Could a significant turnaround in Soviet policy actually be on the horizon? "We do not expect that," says a U.S. official. "Not in compliance, not in modernization, not in negotiation...
...redundancy in the critical early stages of ignition. Dutifully, however, Mulloy slapped a formal launch constraint on the joint problem. That meant that there could be no shuttle flight until the seal was fixed. But few above Mulloy even knew the constraint existed; worse yet, having imposed the restraint, Mulloy routinely waived it before each launch. So the shuttles flew, its astronauts innocently unaware of the lingering joint danger...
...group in the Roosevelt Room already has priorities: win tax reform in the summer, then battle to keep the Republican Senate in the fall. Move from there to budget restraint, welfare reform, insurance against catastrophic illness. Above all, keep moving...
...Diana fever should be kept in moderation and not allowed to become too excessive," cautioned the Tokyo Mainichi Simbun editorial. But the message of restraint was lost on even the writer's own newspaper, which festooned its pages with extravagant coverage of the six-day visit to Japan of Britain's Prince Charles and Diana. In Tokyo, 92,000 people showed up to catch a glimpse or a snapshot of the royal couple's motorcade. Diana, who left a wake of look-alike haircuts wherever she went, participated in a tea ceremony, donned an elegant kimono in Kyoto and attended...
There are those who think that the U.S. erred on the side of restraint, that the Administration should have had the courage of their convictions--or their animosities. "If we genuinely believe that Gaddafi is more than just a booking agent for terrorism," says Robert Kupperman, a terrorism expert at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, "then covert means of getting rid of him should be considered. We seem to be dealing in niceties. We think we can use the larger instruments of warfare to bring about his elimination, but that we shouldn't use the smaller ones...