Word: restraint
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...Hampshire debate may have been Koppel's most sensitive assignment ever, and he handled it ably but with restraint. He explains, "I could not be quite as tough as on Nightline. The point was not for me to elicit any particular piece of information or to trap someone in an inconsistency." Still, some of the discussion displayed him at his deflating best. When the candidates talked about cutting the military budget, Koppel asked which domestic military bases they considered unnecessary. When they kept emphasizing that none of them downgrade the importance of peace, Koppel noted, "In fairness...
With his usual restraint, Washington Quarterback Joe Theismann describes the Super Bowl as "the greatest spectacle created by man," and this year the festivities may include a football game. What seemed the tangiest possible match all along has agreeably come about: the defending champion Redskins, who have somehow avoided arrogance in the face of 31 victories in their past 34 games, vs. the Los Angeles Raiders, the National Football League's masters of the black arts...
...Catholic University of America: "Forgiveness doesn't mean that you become some sort of a wimp and forgive without some kind of demand. We are responsible for what we have done." Jesuit Theologian Avery Dulles agrees: "For the ordering of society, there should still be justice. Restraint and punishment are necessary even for forgiveness...
Amelia confutes the stereotypes of incest and most TV movies: there is no drunken, leering father and no happy ending. If anything, the characters err slightly on the side of restraint. The main flaw in this relentlessly flat and realistic approach lies in the written character of the social workers and psychologists who deal with the problem. They are all unrelievedly sympathetic. But this is a minor quibble. Amelia provides an exception to the network's tired formula for taboo breaking by avoiding prurience and comforting clich...
...Soviet Union's quest to be directly involved in future Middle East negotiations. "Why do you Americans feel you have a right to play a special role in the Middle East?" Gromyko asked. The Foreign Minister said that the Soviet government had urged Syria to exercise restraint and claimed that in most cases the Syrians had been responsive...