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...Well, I wish to say for the record--and for what it may be worth--I have not lied to, defrauded, or mislead anyone, or otherwise committed the slightest breach of law or ethics with respect to this situation. Had The Crimson shown more courtesy, factual discipline, and professional restraint, the truth might have had a better chance to emerge. As it is, I will simply have to hope that when the entire story can be appropriately told, The Crimson will be as eager to print word of my restored good reputation as it was to report my alleged misdeeds...
Maraniss' documentation and research are solid throughout, but his restraint is his biggest strength. Even when the author appears sorely tempted to dismiss Clinton as a liar, a cheat or a lech, Maraniss refuses. He understands that Clinton's character is bigger, and better than that...
...Restraint and self-awareness have never been America's strong suits. How can one teach people to listen to their body? To eat when they're hungry, to taste what they're eating, to eat appropriate portions, to leave food on the plate? Deep, lasting behavioral changes cannot be imposed from the outside. They are internal battles. Before they can be won externally, they will have to be fought internally -- one unsightly, unhealthy bulge at a time...
...early to tell whether Salvi's alleged rampage will ultimately foster a new sense of restraint or raise the level of hostility in the country's rancorous -- and increasingly deadly -- abortion debate. But few doubt that the shootings in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Norfolk, Virginia -- and the vocal support for these actions from some antiabortion extremists -- have altered the landscape even more drastically than the earlier murders of two doctors in Pensacola, Florida. If pro-choice forces now fear more for their lives, some antiabortion advocates fear for the future of their cause. "What Salvi has done has pushed the movement...
...Restraint can be a tough sell, though, especially among young people who have just escaped their parents' watchful eyes and are eager to become free spirits. "There may be more of us who say something about the drinking now," says Danielle Moore, a 22-year-old senior at Dartmouth who left her sorority in the summer of her sophomore year to join 54 other students in the school's alcohol- and drug-free dorm. "But you still feel the pressures and the isolation if you choose to go through your college years without drinking. There is a perception that...