Word: restraint
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...refused to believe Clinton capable of such downright bawdiness as he displayed this past Sabbath morning. Sure, he might misbehave in the Oval Office, but surely Clinton would respect the gravitas of the Fox News Sunday studio. Sadly, though, the former president proved himself lacking in both dignity and restraint. In response to host Chris Wallace’s brief and nonpartisan 48-second question accusing Clinton of ignoring al-Qaeda, Clinton set out on a rampage, exposing viewers young and old to lunatic rantings like “no no no?...
...Think I’m Goodkind” and “The Story of Yo La Tango.” But while the track finds a nice few-note melody and leans on it for 10+ minutes like back in the day, there is a sense of restraint to the guitar solos that prevents them from really taking off. That these two songs, as well as the 69-minute album as a whole, are too long to be listened to as an album is beside the point; I cannot imagine this being consumed any other way than as pure...
...lights and philosophical perspectives that Islam needs today. Islamic politicians and thinkers can call for an apology should they feel wronged, but virulent reaction will only self-fulfill the prophecy of a destructive Islam, and further taint the image of the Prophet. Only with a show of restraint can peace truly be upon...
...enemy. He made me feel grudging respect for Rush because when I wrote Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, my editor sent him a copy with a note saying it would really help sales if he mentioned the book on his show. Rush had the self-restraint not to do that. But O'Reilly--he just couldn't help himself. He's pathological...
...Democracy within an autocracy. Art within an industry. Those are the variables a filmmaker faces in getting his work to a large audience. As for the movie studios, the only thing pure about them is their devotion to earning a buck. They see an NC-17 rating as restraint of trade, so they're unlikely to change the system in order to indulge a few artist-directors...