The 140 character restraint not only forces efficiency, but it also lends itself to some really, really fun wordplay.

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If that becomes politically unpopular, as it probably would, they should offer spending cuts and work out bipartisan amendments to the debt limit so that it forces spending restraint rather than default or government shutdown.

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Another worry is that any restraint Serbia might exercise on its special forces and paramilitary units could be lost if communication systems are destroyed by bombing.

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Serb forces might well abandon all restraint, firing rockets deep into Albania and Macedonia, in an attempt to horrify and destabilise those countries, by selecting targets such as refugee camps.

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Even if all sides can agree on a formula for negotiations, it will not be easy for India's security forces to display the humanity and restraint required by a truce, especially a partial one.

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Syrian security forces will exercise the "utmost degree of restraint, " but also remain prepared to defend their national interests against terrorists, Syrian U.N.

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Pakistani security forces, it added, "exercised maximum restraint" during the incident.

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Not only would such an arrangement generate countervailing forces to doubly ensure that neither the U.S. nor Europe went off gold unilaterally in the future, it also immediately would create two competitive reserve currencies, which would bring market forces to bear to prevent shenanigans by either central bank or finance ministry and provide an indirect restraint on parliamentary borrowing.

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Whether Gorbachev can control these forces and succeed in revitalizing the Soviet system, and whether he will seek a path of true international restraint, remains an unclear and unpredictable challenge to Western security.

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