In geo-strategic terms, Washington's desire to manage if not contain China's ambitions lies behind the rapprochement with India begun by the Bush administration.
Mr. Kerry warned that the turmoil in Syria, if not contained, might allow extremists to find haven in a country with chemical weapons.
"What it tells me is that the emotion of the twenty-six per cent is real, somewhat understandable, but if not contained could destroy our ability to grow the Party," he said.
Newark can talk about a renaissance all it wants, but the sad truth is the violence that wiped out three promising young lives on Saturday night, if not contained, will kill the city, too.
As a result, much of what gets tossed on the street or flushed down the toilets ends up in the harbor and its tributaries, if not contained in the ocean or bays.
Faced with the Millennium Dome blot on the horizon, the inability to appoint a production manager who could, if not contain, at least accurately predict the costs and estimated revenues of the Olympics, how many legs has the irrepressible, boyish Bertie Booster-Wooster Blair got left to stand on?
NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 — When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan touches down in India this week, it will be the highest-level step yet in what analysts say is a long-term effort to balance, if not contain, China's growing economic and political might.
If not contained, the ravens could threaten Jackson Hole's biodiversity.
The experiments carried out demonstrate that the adopted synergy-based planning method works efficiently for all the considered grasps even if not contained in the reference set used for the evaluation of the postural synergies.
