restrainer
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Philosopher, lawyer, teacher, former tackle for the Williams College "Ephmen" and compulsive thrasher in smooth waters, Bennett has clapped a restrainer on his formidable tongue until the confirmation hearings.
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Indeed, the "guilt" that Freud never satisfactorily explained is one built-in restrainer.
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The decisive fifth came in 1962, when the ailing judicial restrainer, Felix Frankfurter, retired, to be succeeded by President Kennedy's gung-ho Labor Secretary, Arthur Goldberg.
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He was best known for his tannin process and alkaline developer, with a bromide solution as a restrainer.
Five bottles will be enough for the chemicals—one for the hypo, one for old and one for new developer, one for the restrainer, and one for the accelerator.
From Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 by Various
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