Word: restraints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Washington to believe that although Castro is not in any real trouble, he may have begun to realize that the exodus is making his tattered regime look like a dismal failure throughout Latin America. Says a senior Administration official: "The signals have gone from appearing berserk to showing some restraint. The question now is: Will the real Fidel Castro stand...
...Washington, the Carter Administration nervously urged the South Korean military leaders to exercise "maximum restraint," lest their actions lead to "dangerous miscalculation by external forces"-meaning, of course, the rulers of Communist North Korea. Washington had no reason to think that the Pyongyang government was in fact trying to take advantage of Seoul's troubles, but clearly the crisis carried with it the seeds of danger for both South Korea and its allies...
...kind of reasoning that accepts pornography for want of money, because people want to see it, because we have the legal right to--only contributes to the increasing violence against women in America today. This reasoning abdicates personal responsibility--the moral imperative that is the most reasonable restraint on the first amendment...
Some financial experts attributed the precipitous decline in interest rates to the Federal Reserve's apparent decision to ease its draconian policy of monetary restraint now that the recession appears to be taking hold. When the nation's money supply declined at an annual rate of 1.6% or $6.2 billion to $382.9 billion in the past three months instead of rising 5% as originally targeted by the Fed, economists thought the central bank might be ready to turn on the money tap once again. This seemed to be confirmed when the Federal Reserve announced that it was dismantling...
...reprisals. Thomas R. Stauffer, research fellow in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, has said the American economy may now suffer from Saudi reluctance to act as a moderating influence on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Adverse consequences, however, are no reason to attempt what amounts to prior restraint of the press...