Word: restraints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that would be a fitting consolation for Jimmy Carter, whose presidency became haunted by the hostage issue. His early restraint in handling Iran's affront to America's pride had at first earned him widespread praise for coolness under fire. But as months passed, public patience in the U.S. ebbed. The fiery failure in an Iranian desert of a U.S. military rescue mission symbolized the nation's frustration. In the end, the lingering hostage affair did much to ensure Carter's election defeat in November...
...example, include $13.1 billion from a proposed extra 10?-per-gal. tax on gasoline. Congress has often made it clear that it will not increase the tax on gas. Carter also proclaims that the annual pay raise for federal employees in October will be held to 5.5%. Such restraint seems unlikely; last year Carter initially suggested a 7.8% civil service pay hike, only to increase it later to 9.1%. After looking over Carter's numbers, David Stockman, Reagan's budget chief, charged that "the relatively low deficit is entirely cosmetic and artificial...
While praising the brave Poles who are seeking simple human freedom, we should try to understand Soviet fears of isolation and encirclement. The time has come to give the Kremlin fewer belligerent warnings about what not to do in the future and more praise for the restraint it has shown in the recent past...
...stocks. A "disruption tariff," imposed the moment imports seemed threatened, would steel U.S. consumers and muffle and embargo. Diversifying Western imports would also weaken its impact. Standby lines of credit for importing nations would ease inflation's increase in the aftermath of a cut-off. And coordinated international demand restraint and stockpile sharing, run by an effective international agency, would spur consumer solidarity against OPEC and equalize Western suffering...
...police feel personal animosity toward demonstrators, as was clearly the case Monday, they must still carry out their responsibilities with restraint. Protesters often announce their willingness to be arrested for conducting civil disobedience. Why then twist arms, knock heads, or break glass doors with bodies...