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...since Bosnian Serbs shot up an American cargo plane on April 13 -- trying to spin into a success his failure to extend the cease-fire between the government and the Serbs. No one had signed anything, but all sides, he said, had "undertaken a solemn engagement to show maximum restraint." Unfortunately, even with a cease-fire agreement, the parties have not exactly been known for their restraint. While the cease-fire was still in effect, the Bosnian Serbs repeatedly shelled the so-called safe area of Bihac, and the Bosnian government launched successful offensives on Mount Vlasic to the northwest...
...that so many first-years at Harvard dye their hair? Maybe it's the urge to rebel against years of studious restraint. Or against the monotony of Harvard style, replete with J. Crew corduroys, Urban Outfitter sweaters and dirty-white Cornell Lacrosse baseball caps. Whatever it is, the Yard abounds with colorful coiffures...
Despite all this turmoil, some professors maintained a pose of restraint about the central administration, citing the Corporation's impending decision on benefits as a more appropriate indicator of the weight of the faculty's influence...
Talalay succeeds in capturing the colorful, playful nature of a comic strip. The scenes come fast and funny, and aren't bound by the conventional live-action restraint of continuity. In the course of the film, Tank Girl wears dozens of different get-ups, the work of brilliant costume designer Arianne Phillips, which are sure to inspire suburban pre-teens across the land...
...become clear what the defense strategy is. Its interest is not the investigation of racial bias, but the effective use of the race card as a gag and a restraint on public opinion no less than on public officials. The true strategy, it is now apparent, is to simply demolish public support for the prosecution by destroying the reputations of each and every individual police officer brought before the court. Breaking legal rules with a sense of impunity and seeking to humiliate public opinion into acquiescence is not a very lofty standard for the American institution of due process. Rather...