Word: restraint
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Some students, however, said they worried the class seating system might be an unwelcome restraint...
...particularly bleak. It was quite refreshing to read about a group of students truly disfruiting Harvard’s weekend offerings. Furthermore, the actions of the students profiled in the article were in no way dangerous or abnormal for people of their age; in fact, they showed far more restraint and responsibility than typical college students. While the University as a liberal arts school does have a responsibility to the students outside the realm of the intellectual, it should not impede normal social activity amongst them...
...Arab TV screens have been filled this week with images of mayhem in Gaza following Monday's Israeli raid on Hamas supporters in the Khan Younis refugee camp that killed at least 13 Palestinians. That left Hamas threatening new suicide attacks, Israel threatening further incursions and the U.S. urging restraint. And new conflict threatens on a second front, as Lebanon prepares to start pumping drinking water on Wednesday from the Wazzani river, which flows into the Sea of Galilee, Israel's primary freshwater source. Israel is fiercely opposed to the Lebanese plan, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has threatened...
...Aviv were attacked with biological weapons, as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has promised to do, would Hasan urge restraint upon Israel? Israel truly has a sovereign right to defend itself against foreign attack. Its restraint in 1991 was only possible do to the fact that, miraculously, the 39 scud missiles launched at it did little damage. Furthermore, Israel’s restraint was seen by the Arab states, not as a sign of wisdom and restraint, but as a sign of weakness. This is a show that Israel cannot afford to repeat while engaged in its present struggle...
...Israel from attack by Hussein. Hussein, an true war criminal, has proven his willingness to use weapons of mass destruction through his treatment of his own Kurdish population, and in his war with Iran. Israel cannot risk an attack of this kind upon its own soil with promises of restraint in the face of war. Hussein understands strength, and he must be shown that Israel cannot be attacked with impunity...