Word: restrained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...joined the army as a cadet at 23, serving in the Caucasus, he congratulated himself one day on exorcising the evils of vice, especially gambling. In the next entry he recorded that "on the same day I was so carried away that I lost [850 rubles]. Now I shall restrain myself and live prudently. I went to Chervlyonnaya, got drunk there, and slept with a woman. All this is very bad and troubles me deeply...
...They arrested the operators of his water taxis. Hundreds of people were marooned all night on the ship, had to lean dismally against the walls because there were few chairs. Stralla, unruffled, gave himself up, stood chewing grapes while being charged with criminal conspiracy. He hoped the judge would restrain his tormentors. But the judge ruled against...
Heil Lewis! John L. Lewis [TIME, May 20] is a traitor to his country. ... If [he] is not a conspirator, if he is not restraining trade, if he isn't preventing the normal forces of competition which determine the demand and price which a laborer is able to command on an open market, then I wasted three years in the Army, 22 months overseas, helping restrain a despot who did that very thing. ... If we people will only let it be known how we feel, maybe the proper authorities will screw up their courage to the sticking point...
...pigeon-holed construction of larger traffic signals on each of the streets converging on the Square. Placed fifteen to twenty feet away from the corner they would be visible to all approaching drivers and thus would control the flow of Square traffic. The pedestrian lights are designed to restrain those who would match wills with the Boston-brand cowboy. It would be wise to supplement these proposals by changing the position of our policeman and his booth to the center of the intersection. From here it is possible to control front-seat tempers, while...
Bill Mauldin, cartoonist of G.I. Joe (and Willie), who has sued his wife for divorce, charging adultery, drew a countersuit from her: that he had threatened to make off with Son Bruce, two. She asked a Los Angeles court to restrain him, also asked for $710 a month out of his estimated $200,000 income...