Word: restraint
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...knowledge is a dangerous thing and a lot of knowledge is a very dangerous thing. Secrecy is back in favor-although it is now called "privacy." Every major post-Watergate rule is under attack, with some justice, either as an unwarranted intrusion by Government or as an ill-advised restraint on Government's pursuit of crime. Reformers concede that many criticisms are valid but argue for revision not repeal...
...justice minister, Hans-Jochen Vogel, 55, to take over as mayor and prepare for new elections. A popular former mayor of Munich widely regarded as Schmidt's heir apparent, Vogel made an impressive effort. He stopped officials from forcibly evicting squatters and stumped the city, pumping hands, urging restraint, promising reform. A pre-election poll put his personal popularity rating eight points ahead of his opponent, silver-haired Richard von Weizsäcker, 61, the competent but colorless C.D.U. candidate who had come out squarely against the squatters...
...week, Habib went to Beirut for talks with Lebanon's President, Elias Sarkis. Then he climbed back into his black limousine for a midnight drive to Damascus, where he met for the second time with Syria's President, Hafez Assad, to impress upon him the need for restraint while trying to coax concessions that might break the negotiating impasse. Later he hopped aboard an executive Air Force jet for another shuttle to Israel. At week's end he flew to Saudi Arabia for consultations. Lips sealed on the progress of his explorations, Habib told reporters...
...British papers to refrain from publishing the transcripts even if Die Aktuelle did. Repeating bugged conversations, the Times said, would be the same as endorsing "a monstrous invasion of personal privacy." Some Fleet Street papers might not have felt constrained by this argument. But they faced a more formidable restraint than principle: the High Court ruling against Regan applied to publications as well. Thus on Saturday morning, though the story commanded headlines, not one paper printed the magazine's excerpts. The Guardian came close, paraphrasing portions touching on Prune Minister Eraser's sense of humor and Diana...
...consult with each other. When we have problems, we clarify them, but no pressure whatsoever is being exerted. [U.S. Ambassador Samuel] Lewis brought me a message from Secretary Haig stating that the U.S. would like to continue with diplomatic efforts, and they advised what is usually called restraint...