Word: restraints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bekaa Valley for the past 18 months (see box). The next step could be a retaliatory strike by the U.S., though officials in Washington were undecided about whether the U.S. had more to gain by demonstrating its vengefulness in the face of a terrorist act or by acting with restraint. Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass was quoted by a Lebanese magazine as threatening "kamikaze attacks" on U.S. warships in the event of an American raid on Syrian positions...
Although Harvard and Yale officials speak in near unanimity of the role reflection and restraint played in the planning process, a number of diehards have apparently differed about the results...
While the Tokyo auto show was going on, the Japanese government announced that it had agreed to a fourth year of restraint on the number of cars exported to the U.S. The new ceiling: 1.85 million, up from 1.68 million. Ford, Chrysler and American Motors protested that the increase was unjustified in view of the trade unbalance between the two countries, the undervalued yen, and tax advantages they claim the Japanese enjoy. General Motors' reaction was more muted, since it has its own Japanese strategy. GM next year plans to begin importing small Japanese cars, and last week...
...Bill Tomic and Sue Bear) and the three "proteans" (Henry Biggs, Suzanne Tanner, and Tracey Trench) especially stand out. The latter set of characters show great comic versatility in moving among several jester-type roles: they are, in order, clowns, slaves, travelers, and foot soldiers, playing buffoons with enough restraint to keep from becoming annoying...
...sole consolation left by the Watergate affair may be deceptive. For public opinion mobilizes less effectively in some cases than others, and firestorms gather slowly over arcane or complex issues. Secrecy or distance shrouds excessive power from its best restraint. And if a President's action is swift enough, decisive enough, reactive outcry may be too late. Allende could benefit from no fire-storm, when the Nixon White House contributed to his downfall...