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...William Hoeveler, who is supposed to try Noriega's case in January. Earlier in the week, the judge had decried his "unfortunate and difficult task of resolving a conflict between two fundamental constitutional rights," the right to counsel vs. the "sacrosanct" First Amendment freedom of the press from prior restraint...
...criticism has not reached the fever pitch of the 1970s, when Big Oil's "obscene" profits inspired a wave of legislative controls. The oil companies contend that they have heeded President Bush's admonition to show restraint at the gas pump. In fact, while oil prices at the end of last week stood at about $33 per bbl., or 65% higher than they were just before Iraq invaded Kuwait, average U.S. gasoline prices were only 31% higher, or $1.38 per gal. for unleaded regular. Said Holly Hutchins, a spokesman for Shell Oil: "We gave up a considerable amount...
Weld's efforts, however proved almost entirely fruitless. Silber's uncharacteristic self-restraint was politically expedient--even though it may never again resurface after election...
...guard at a place so rich in religious symbolism for both sides. Nor can Israel claim that the police had no other options. When massive rioting spread throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and among Israeli-Arab towns later in the week, better-prepared soldiers exercised far more restraint despite the salvos of stones...
Even President Bush allowed that Israeli forces "need to act with greater restraint." At the U.N. Security Council, the U.S., which frequently uses its veto there to shield Israel from criticism, found itself in the odd position of sponsoring a resolution castigating its ally for using excessive force to quell the Palestinians, who were throwing rocks at Jewish worshipers gathered at Judaism's sacred Western Wall...