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She can start by using some retraint herself, such as a straight-jacket ... and a muzzle.
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McBush and his advisors are very similiar to the Bush administration where you had Condi and Powell urging retraint and Rummy and Cheney singing bomb bomb bomb.
The Sunday Word: McCain as Manager - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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CEOs and lobbysts funded GOP House members killed the bill (2 3rd oppsed) because there was retraint-on-CEO-and-Executive string attached to it.
Compare And Contrast: Obama Calls For Calm; McCain Attacks And Blames Obama 2009
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CEOs and lobbysts funded GOP House members killed the bill (2 3rd oppsed) because there was retraint-on-CEO-and-Executive string attached to it.
With Bailout Package Failure, Is McCain's Campaign Suspension Stunt Backfiring? 2009
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Hoosier, I also would accept a tax increase if it was coupled with serious spending retraint.
Obama on Olbermann was much worse than I'd originally thought. Ann Althouse 2008
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Idasa also urged leaders of all politcal parties to exercise retraint in their public statements and to impress upon their supporters the need for restrained behaviour.
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For how many years has the US urged retraint to the Israelis in their dealings with the Palestinans, all to no avail?
latimes.com - News 2011
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The title track - sung with unusual retraint by Bond veteran Shirley Bassey - feels aptly weightless, and the incidental music is glorious throughout.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Shopfloor_NAM: So much for the World Cup as a reward for fiscal retraint and pro-export policies: Spain defeats Germany, 1-0. (cw)
Shopfloor 2010
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I showed some retraint after dropping some serious coin at the jewelery counter the day
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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