Word: restraint
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...Bush Administration is weirdly sanguine about this dangerous turn of events. In a way, the White House has been spoiled by the incomprehensible restraint and common sense of the Shi'ites in Iraq...
Whatever Hale's intent, his followers are not famous for restraint. In 1999, days after Hale was denied a license to practice law in Illinois because of his racist views, Ben Smith, one of his most devoted aides, went on a three-day shooting spree, killing two and wounding nine--all minorities--before killing himself. Hale was never charged in connection with the murders...
...dear reader, enjoy romance novels but prefer bodice lacers to bodice rippers, Karen Kingsbury appreciates your restraint. In the author's latest book, Beyond Tuesday Morning (Zondervan; 316 pages), 9/11 widow Jamie Bryan resists a potential suitor because he fails to share her faith in God. When Jamie later dates a fellow believer, the courtship is passionate but chaste. As in all of Kingsbury's novels, there is no gratuitous violence or swearing, and sex, while never explicitly depicted, comes only after marriage...
...directly, but said ?there is a third party that is interested in sabotaging this period of quiet.? Israeli politicians have thus far restricted themselves to urging the Palestinians to track down those responsible. (Late Saturday, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz accused Syria of involvement; Damascus denied the charge.) If that restraint holds, perhaps the spirit of co-operation still has a chance to survive...
...this happen? No one is quite sure. It could be related to less access to abortion providers, but more likely it is a function of declining teenage pregnancies, more widespread use of contraception, abstinence programs and cultural shifts toward sexual restraint among young women. None of these strategies separately is a panacea, but each has a part to play. So what's the new pro-choice line? Let's keep up the progress. Let's defend the right to an abortion while doing all we can to ensure that fewer and fewer women exercise it. Leave the contentious issue...