Historically, it has been understood as a check on the corrupting, restive and libidinous side of the human soul.
The punters to my back and sides are getting restive, hissing about the nick ae this cunt, the state ae this cunt, the fucking jaw on this cunt.
Less happily for restive Islamic and Turkic groups either side of it, they each agreed to crack down on organisations that challenge the territorial integrity of the other.In this section Dangerous waters Exposing a dirty secret Who's in charge?
While the productivity payoff for keeping doctors happy might seem obvious, the flip side is less so: Restive or disgruntled docs can cost a chain dearly.
As AOL's performance and its apparent value plummeted, the shareholders and executives from the Time Warner side of the company grew increasingly restive, especially about the perceived arrogance of the executives from AOL in charge of integrating the companies.
Yet Mr. Gore has had trouble bringing public opinion to his side, and the nominally supportive Congressional Democrats are restive.
The police estimated that 75 to 80 whites and blacks — 25 or 30, according to Mr. Feiner's side — had gathered and were blocking the sidewalk and becoming restive.
The allies in central and southern Italy had fought side by side with Rome in several wars and had grown restive under Roman autocratic rule, wanting instead Roman citizenship and the privileges it conferred.
WASHINGTON — President Obama's meeting with a restive and resistant House Republican majority on Wednesday underscored their deep divisions over fiscal policy as both sides acknowledged that an overarching budget compromise was in doubt despite a new push by the White House.
Vollmer's irresistible first collection offers a large cast of yearning characters: some lonely, some lost, some in love and some who, landing on the other side of life's devastations — the loss of spouses, children, parents, lovers, friends, money — now find their grief restive and revolting.
