Word: restraint
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...campaign to its conclusion. And just in case such understanding was not quite forthcoming, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday to share with U.S. senators his concerns that the Bush administration would dilute its own anti-terrorism agenda if it pressed for Israeli restraint and engaged with Arafat...
...hard-liners in the Sharon government, that qualifies as restraint. To much of the rest of the world, the Israeli offensive that followed, though born out of months of simmering rage at Palestinian terror and Arafat's inability or refusal to stop it, was a staggering display of aggression. It was also potentially the most dangerous escalation yet in a war that people on both sides plainly hate but find impossible to escape...
...Israelis feel they exercised admirable restraint by not attempting to expel or kill Arafat. They also held their fire until the Arab summit had concluded. Sharon aides say the Prime Minister held back from removing Arafat not only on the advice of his commanders but also out of a sense that the Bush Administration doesn't yet want him to take an irrevocable step. "Washington was in the back of his mind," says a Sharon aide...
...made them slither away whimpering? It is really surprising that not a single politician went into these troubled areas to dissuade the fanatics. Compare this with the situation in America following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, in which thousands of innocents were killed. We remember with gratitude the tremendous restraint shown by most Americans toward Muslims residing in the U.S., as well as the appeals from its leaders to prevent similar carnage of innocents in retaliation. It is said that God gives each nation the kind of leaders it deserves. With India's present leadership, the country can never...
Instead, we find a movie that handles its stuff-of-legend material with modesty, even restraint. This should make Disney doubly proud, for its story is not only classic but also authentic. In a recent roundtable interview, Jim Morris himself spoke to the film’s accuracy. “By and large, the movie’s dead on. It’s my life, so I guess I’m the biggest skeptic, [and] I think it’s fantastic. I called my mom after [seeing the final cut] and told her, you?...