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  • n  a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person

  • And addiction is a difficult, though not impossible, straightjacket to escape.
  • But if the legal straightjacket took some of the heat off the Governor, there was plenty else to answer for.
  • An "intellectual" writhing in a straightjacket.
News & Articles

  • 5 Leadership Lessons: Listen, Learn, Lead
    Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We all go through life half-aware sometimes. We have to ? there?s so much input these days that if we actually paid attention to it all, we?d be in a straightjacket within weeks. Advertising, social media, music, TV, mobile devices and apps, games, big data, the crazy-quilt cacophony of social media life -- a million voices all competing for our hearts, minds and pocketbooks ...
    Aug. 5, 2013 - Forbes
  • 5 Leadership Truths: Listen, Learn, Lead
    Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We all go through life half-aware sometimes. We have to ? there?s so much input these days that if we actually paid attention to it all, we?d be in a straightjacket within weeks. Advertising, social media, music, TV, mobile devices and apps, games, big data, the crazy-quilt cacophony of urban life -- a million voices all competing for our hearts, minds and pocketbooks. It?s all ...
    Aug. 5, 2013 - Forbes
Quotes

  • Fadela Amara in News24
    The burqa is a prison, it's a straightjacket,Urban Affairs Minister Fadela Amara, herself a practising Muslim who was born in France to Algerian parents, said in an interview to Le Parisien newspaper. "It is not a religious insignia but...
  • Richard Blumenthal in 940 News
    I'm very, very proud that we have stood together and stood tall and tough against an environmental monstrosity and public safety menace,Blumenthal said. "Our determination to straightjacket this project has certainly carried the day in New...
  • Milton Friedman in FOXNews
    India has tremendous economic and human potential,Friedman commented. "The human tragedy is that in India that potential has been stifled by the straightjacket imposed by an all-wise and paternalistic government. Central planning has...

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