But the capital remained ringed by restive suburbs where by some estimates half the population stayed despite relentless shelling, and where the government has been unable to decisively dislodge rebels.
When Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the American commander in the Middle East, visited one Arab palace in recent weeks, Western diplomats reported, the Arab ruler quieted his restive courtiers by predicting that American forces would be met in Baghdad by Iraqis lining the street in celebration.
Nonetheless, the board, under the direction of the new chairman, George J. Mitchell, is trying to appease restive investors by instituting a more formal approach to finding Mr. Eisner's successor.
Instead, "Probable Cause" creates a mood of restive uncertainty by separating the facts from the photographs, consigning the captions to endnotes.
Mr. Blair sought to appease an increasingly restive electorate by promising that essential services would continue and saying that he expected deliveries of fuel to start again "in the next 24 hours".
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Thousands of people attended funerals in Damascus on Saturday for the victims of two powerful bombs that exploded outside government security buildings the day before, as human rights activists reported a large-scale assault on a restive city by government troops.
Again, it was the generals who had the final word, and Mr. Estrada's successor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has been dogged by a restive military and by angry supporters of Mr. Estrada.
When he resumed, his tack was more harmonically restive, and driven by tough, grinding rhythm.
Some were pushed out by restive shareholders, some gave up, some got old.
The prospect of oversight hearings, led by restive Republicans investigating an F.B.I. "coverup," made everyone uneasy.
