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Whether or not they share his philosophy, the vast majority of American fashion designers seem to share Scaasi's restraint. This fall a crush of actors and musicians is employing every shred of their public clout to sway voters toward a particular candidate, risking as much criticism as praise. Though silence on topics outside one's immediate purview is no doubt appreciated in many quarters, the closest a prominent U.S. designer is likely to get to such activism is to dress a Dixie Chick. Like other artists, designers must constantly monitor and process the public mood to create a relevant...
...have scientific reasons for a particular disease or a condition like obesity, but we all make choices when it comes to self-restraint and moral judgment. Americans just plain eat too much. Like most things in the U.S., everything has to be supersized. Anything you do without moderation will definitely hurt you. Leonard Lawal Lagos Your cover story on obesity is welcome. It would be appropriate to feature this problem on a monthly basis. I have noticed a disturbing trend in the U.S.: clothing is being resized, and everything is being made bigger. It is hard to believe any progress...
...surely the Greeks would give us papier-mache Argonauts fleeing from an angry Zeus robot. Or a children's chorus performing a Zorba medley at the Acropolis. Or at least Yanni. But last Friday, Athens introduced a surprising new element to the show: class, or at least its cousin, restraint. History was referenced by way of crisp video from Olympia, but no actor-Pheidippides stumbled breathlessly into the stadium to recreate ancient Marathon. There was a graceful recap of three eras of Greek sculpture that did not include a singing Trojan horse. A hovering cube allowed those familiar with Pythagoras...
...more useful than George W. Bush's limp efforts. My guess is that Clinton will have a memorial better than an eternal flame: the collective respect of those who know that through transgression, suffering and humility, we reach our full human potential. Marilyn Keegan Cape Town The Context of Restraint In "The Cure For Iraq Fatigue" [June 7], about political speechifying on the Iraq situation, Joe Klein seems to have forgotten a bit of context in disparaging the U.S. forces' "retreat" from Fallujah and its choosing "not to pursue" Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his army...
...court at its best zealously protects enumerated constitutional rights while being wary of interfering with legislative judgments. That was the simple message of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Rehnquist court has shown great restraint and circumspection on extraordinarily sensitive issues, such as assisted suicide. On other highly controversial, divisive issues, the court has not been exquisitely Holmesian. It's a mixed report card...