11. Dropping the usual dainty diplomatic trope of urging restraint on both sides, the Bush administration is holding Arafat personally and solely accountable for the current violence. 12. Harvard economics professor Gregory Mankiw urged restraint by the government, lest it harm a robust, competitive industry. 13. Hashimoto advised Clinton Friday that he was dispatching his own special envoy to Pakistan to urge restraint. 14. Her response did not surprise Robert Bixby, policy director of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group that urges budget restraint. 15. Immigrant rights groups and civil libertarians urged restraint. 16. In recent weeks, US officials had urged restraint on both sides. 17. In response to earlier suicide bombings, Kofi Annan had urged restraint on the Palestinians because terror attacks were damaging their cause among their international supporters. 18. It has been common for months for Bush administration officials to urge Israeli restraint. 19. Like the Republicans, the Democrats have their fiscally conservative wing urging restraint. 20. Meanwhile, Washington sent a message to the president of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, urging restraint. |