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This should be understood as a requirement that the PA be capable of restraining Hamas and wanted by the people of Gaza—it isn’t currently—rather than parachuted in and imposed on them.

Nana and her mother called the police after restraining the man, who was also taken to hospital for treatment, local media said.

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The preliminary injunction essentially extends a temporary restraining order that U.S.

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The willingness by the chancellor to take political pain, in the form of breaking tax rate manifesto promises, in order to restrain borrowing in a straightforward way, is a plus for the bond vigilantes.

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“But with higher taxes, high interest rates and overseas demand still restraining growth, we doubt GDP will accelerate much from here,” she says.

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

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