Word: restraints
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That magnificent character, the British Lion, forgot his Anglican manners last week, got up on his hind legs, and roared right in the face of his U.S. ally. The roar raised a transatlantic gale, but it also vented British vapors which had accumulated during five years of mannerly restraint. Afterward, the Lion felt better. The American objects of his spleen knew a little more about him and perhaps about themselves. British-U.S. relations may even have been improved by the week's exchange. Said the New York Sun: "A steady diet of mutual admiration and respect would...
...other hand, although Miss Fontaine is eminently suited for Technicolor, her acting is often painfully overdone. She has a wonderfully expressive face, which she uses to full advantage in moments of excitement, but she lacks restraint in quieter scenes. De Cordova hasn't the spark that makes a buccaneer real...
...President J. Howard Pew attacked the Anglo-American oil agreement as a cartel. "What is this," cried he, "but a cartel? Such arrangements in international trade are exactly what we call at home monopolistic practices or combinations in restraint of trade...
...last day of the [Republican] convention, I called at Mr. Willkie's office in New York. ... I will never forget his words after he heard the actual news of Tom Dewey's nomination. ... It was a moment when a man speaks with candor and without restraint...
...Russia and the Satellites. "Armistice terms agreed upon with Finland and Rumania bear naturally the impress of Soviet will and here I must draw attention to the restraint which characterized the Soviet terms to these two countries. . . . Bulgarian armistice terms have not yet been signed. Soviet intervention in this theater was at once startling and effective. The sudden declaration of war by Russia was sufficient to induce Bulgaria to turn her caitiff arms against the German intruders...