Word: restraint
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...terror strikes - although statements from Hamas leaders following the Aqaba summit defiantly rejected any notion of a cease-fire. Abbas is also making clear to the Israelis and Americans that he can't act against terrorism while Israeli troops continue to conduct raids inside PA territory, and that Israeli restraint is the key to any success. But given the relative certainty that one or all of the militant groups will sooner or later send suicide bombers to veto the latest peace plan, such restraint may prove difficult for Sharon to maintain and for the Bush administration to request. The security...
...like letting it all hang out. Our culture long ago lost touch with - in fact, came to despise - the virtues that an earlier generation would have called "Roman," like honor, restraint and stoicism. That's one reason for celebrating those individuals for whom such qualities were second nature...
During the Crimson’s series at Brown, there were not-so-subtle whispers. In Hanover, the crowd showed less restraint...
...told myself I’d wait until midnight until I got a Coke. CAA (Caffeine Addicts Anonymous) would be proud of my self restraint...
...appears less likely that a post-Iraq Bush administration would allow itself to be seen "appeasing" a charter member of the President's "Axis of Evil" by offering political and economic rewards in exchange simply for a measure of restraint. Indeed, both sides in Beijing may have agreed to talk simply to buy time. Pyongyang wants to placate neighbors - the fact that China recently closed off its oil pipeline to North Korea for a couple of days may have played a major role in getting Pyongyang to the table - but its rhetoric right now suggests it is not expecting...