Word: restraints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brothers (Why is Jack always late for gigs? Why does Frank fuss so much about his bald spot?) as they get down to the true ones (involving, naturally, their childhood and piano lessons) is done with similar subtlety. Kloves' delicacy as a writer is, moreover, matched by his restraint as a director. It would have been easy to patronize or satirize the less than fabulous milieu of The Fabulous Baker Boys. Instead he and his fine cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus, have created a gently dislocating noirish mood -- not quite menacing but not exactly comfortable either -- and let it speak for itself...
Bush has been hailed for his restraint in the troubles besetting the Soviet Union, China, Poland, Hungary and, earlier, Panama. But there has always lurked the probability that sooner rather than later, U.S. muscle would be needed to subdue a tyrant. In the minds of many, a doubt has lingered from last year's presidential campaign over whether Bush had the heart to use power. The explanations of inaction from his Secretaries of State and Defense and his White House staff have echoes of almost every sad incident of our times, going back to Pearl Harbor. Bush's caution will...
...East Berlin, several thousand demonstrators gathered in front of the Lutheran Gethsemane Church for the pro-democracy vigil, West German media reported. "Police have shown restraint so far," radio and television said...
Wonneberger said he was surprised by the restraint of police and paramilitary troops who were deployed nearby...
...said, "I consider this [police restraint] a very hopeful sign following the violence" in earlier demonstrations...