Word: restraint
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...come from oblivion to ninth place on the list of great Presidents compiled by historians. "The more I think about it," said Roemer McPhee, who was a young lawyer in Ike's White House, "the more I believe that President Eisenhower's indispensable attribute was his restraint. He never used too much of his power. He never spent too much of the country's wealth. He never insisted on having his way all the time...
...restraint was now gone Their faces were flushed, and the niceties of diplomatic language and protocol were stopped away. They had almost forgotten I was there, and there was nothing to distract me from recording this fascinating debate...
...typical of youngsters who are brought to court as Children in Need of Services (CHINS). CHINS petitions can be taken out by parents, schools or social services agencies--by anyone who believes that a child is out of control and requires legal restraint. Until 1973, such children were treated as juvenile delinquents and consequently came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Youth Services...
...fringe benefits now account for 75% of Los Angeles' $1.5 billion budget. Says City Councilman Ernani Bernardi, who makes only $43,923 a year: "It's a vicious cycle. It has to stop." According to him, the bloated wage scale results from a lack of fiscal restraint by the council and an arcane "prevailing wage clause" in the city charter, dating from 1925. In practice, the prevailing wage clause, requiring the city to pay its employees salaries at least equal to comparable jobs in the private sector, has become the rock-bottom minimum from which wage demands spiral...
...Websters have passed the months without cracking their mask of endurance and restraint--recently posting a new reward for information on Joan, holding repeated press conferences to keep her case visible. But a footnote to Bonnic's case this week cast her bereaved parents in a slightly different light. After numerous legal battles, Herrin finally began serving an eight to 25-year jail term. Meanwhile, the Garlands initiated civil proceedings, suing their daughter's murderer for $2 million in damages for "emotional anguish" and funeral and medical bills. On Monday, a judge awarded them $40,000 in damages, plus another...