Word: restraints
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...avert the plunge. Avenging the dead, after all, is a principle central to both cultures, and it has given the current wave of violence a self-sustaining life of its own. Israel's security cabinet met Wednesday with a view to abandoning its self-styled "policy of restraint" in dealing with the Palestinian intifada, following the killing of four Israelis in drive-by shootings on Monday. And Palestinian gunmen continued to confront Israeli soldiers and settlers Wednesday despite reports that Yasser Arafat had called on his supporters to stop shooting...
...notion that Israel has pursued a "policy of restraint" would be greeted with bitter cynicism by a Palestinian population that has lost almost 200 people in the past seven weeks as the Israelis have deployed everything from rubber-coated bullets to tank artillery and air-to-surface missiles against Palestinian militants. But the fact remains that the Israeli military is capable of a far higher degree of violence than it has unleashed thus far, and Prime Minister Ehud Barak's government is under increasing domestic pressure to up the ante. Israel has once again cordoned off Palestinian towns throughout...
Therefore, we urge students, in the name of common courtesy to both each other and to the staff that works so diligently to provide us with food every day, to exercise restraint in their Brain Break hoarding. And we call upon HUDS to provide greater quantities of food for students, in order to minimize our competition over this limited yet essential resource. In the true spirit of the Brain Break, it might also be appropriate if more "brain food" were made available. In other words, there should regularly be some kind of healthy option. Fruit, cereal and bagels...
...judicial restraint' is defined as a deference to the legislative, then a Gore justice is likely to defer to ensure that political questions are decided in the legislature," Rosen said. "On federalism and affirmative action, a Gore justice is likely to say, 'hands-off.' Even on free speech, a Gore justice is likely to defer...
...constant weighing of personal values. On the surface it looks like the confrontation between the soldier with his weaponry and the Palestinian youth who is throwing stones is in favor of the army. The dilemma for the soldier is between the orders he received, whose main principles are restraint and humanity, and the feeling of fear as a result of the thousands of rioters who are throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at him. All the while the soldier must keep his cool and see before him his values as a human being and as a soldier. Happily, thanks...