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In this case, given that we are all flying on the plane that Trump will soon be piloting, there’s not much to do but hope that he sees the inherent genius in restraint.

From Slate

“I think people should be concerned, in the military and out of it, about the politicization of the military, and the attempt to use it to do the president’s personal will,” said Benjamin Friedman, policy director of the Washington-based think tank Defense Priorities, which advocates for restraint in U.S. foreign policy.

But critics on both sides of the aisle say that far from just advocating for restraint, she has embraced talking points from militaristic autocrats like Assad and Putin, and as overseer of 18 spy agencies would undermine national security and the international order.

From Salon

Lights could prove a non-invasive means of shark restraint, unlike nets or drones, they added.

From BBC

The Fiscal Council had noted that ministers could choose to exercise pay restraint, but that would be "unpopular and difficult".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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