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George W. Bush has never been reluctant to frame policy debates in moral terms, targeting an "axis of evil," casting tax cuts as the removal of "unfair burdens" on hardworking people, calling tariff reduction a "moral imperative." But THRIFT is one virtue he never invokes, and a restoration of restraint is a strain of conservatism he seldom promotes. In fact, it was after the most tragic day in modern U.S. history, when Bush urged people who wanted to help to "go shopping," that profligacy officially replaced prudence as a patriotic duty...
...will find that at least one or two students has got the sex glow. This is positively disgusting. Sex aside, Harvard students cannot seem to learn to hit the books. With a vaguely worthwhile party occurring on campus nearly once every three to four weeks, Harvard students lack the restraint to stay in their dorms. The worst offenders among us sometimes venture out two to three nights a week, and some of these students drink on at least one of these nights. Recently, some Mt. Auburn final clubs have been heard playing loud music as early in the week...
...painting may still evoke the up-close and personal feel of “Adam,” but it is tastefully muted. The painting is huge, the figures of the women are huge, the colors are huge, and yet in this piece, Wein utilizes a sense of restraint that allows his brush-strokes to meld together rather than drown in each other. In “Albert Wein: American Modernist,” the artist’s versatility, not only in the media he chose but also in the style of the images he presented, comes...
...army, which has been a lot more strident in its opposition to such operations than the government has been. This has created pressure on Zardari to amplify his own opposition to U.S. attacks, which he this week termed a "violation of the U.N. charter." The Pakistani leader urged restraint from the U.S. during his first meeting with President Bush, on Tuesday in New York. According to leading Pakistani analysts, Zardari's prospects depend on him shaking off the growing perception at home that he is merely acting on Washington's orders. The Marriott bombing, they say, is his opportunity...
...handle it? This is not to say Russia should be left alone to deal with things the way that suits it best, but what on earth is the U.S. doing, intervening so frequently when delicate political realities would be much better handled with diplomatic wisdom and reasonable restraint? Gernot Auer, FRANKFURT, GERMANY...