Word: restraint
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Handlin said that up until the 1969 disruption, the "silken threads" of self-restraint and mutually accepted conceptions of the value of education for its own sake held the structure of the University together...
...into something more is the authenticity that Director Hill, whose avocation is flying antique airplanes, brings to it. He is obviously paying tribute to a spirit of gallantry that he believes in and admires. Fortunately, he has communicated his earnestness to Writer Goldman, whose humor is tempered by uncharacteristic restraint, and to an excellent cast, among whom Bo Brundin as Kessler stands out. As for Redford, this is his best work since Downhill Racer. Appealingly awkward when trying to express his feeling for flying, he is in his most dashingly self-destructive mode when demonstrating the heights to which...
...husband was holding her back. She mentions his forbidding her to play tennis because he did not feel like taking up the game, refusing to let her play music in the house or socialize with band musicians-that is all. She is also dim about what his methods of restraint were. "It's impossible to explain Sonny's hold on me," says Cher. "I was afraid of him; yet he never laid a hand on me. His powers of persuasion were enormous-as deep as the ocean. You just didn't argue with Sonny...
Allen has now taken to wearing dark suits and acting with restraint. "The programs of this school are secure," he says. "A bank isn't considered a failure because one of its cashiers is caught with his hand in the till." What should U. Mass look for in picking Allen's successor? "Someone who will continue my programs," says Allen, "but someone with a different style...
Legal Tools. Washington has only begun to explore what legal tools are available to combat the boycott. Many antitrust law experts believe that Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which forbids contract combinations or conspiracy in restraint of trade, could be used against, say, an Arab bank that refused to deal with U.S. companies that have ties with Israel; but enforcement would be impos sible unless the bank had assets located within the jurisdiction of a U.S. court...