The listener is increasingly pushed towards allegorical interpretations, the simplest of which makes an apposite message for today's world: Pi subdues the potential killer without violence, co-existing through understanding and mutual respect for the other's territory.
The House leadership last week had to take an extra day to subdue a potential rebellion before approving Mr. Bush's proposal to give religious groups a larger role in delivering social services.
And of course Russia didn't have much luck using military force to subdue a (potential) Islamist state on its border the one and only time they intervened, post WWII, in a country outside its existing sphere of domination.
It may not be that they lack talent, but rather that your need for glory is subduing their potential.
Under current conditions, as long as the recovery remains weak, with considerable slack between actual and potential output, subdued inflationary expectations and highly accommodative monetary policy, long-term interest rates are likely to remain low.
Irrigation took on biblical proportions and came with the deep spiritual belief that this region's lands needed to be tamed, the unruly and wild Columbia River needed to be subdued, and nature's potential could not be reached without "reclaiming" the land from its original unacceptable condition.
Another, Jesse Johnson, 20, a potential convert, was subdued in a chokehold and decided not to return home with the other church members after his bout.
The AKP has battened down its hatches, making full use of the state security apparatus to continuously subdue protest potential.
For example, racetams, a class of "nootrients" showing promise for improved brain function, also carry potential risks of brain "fog" and subdued mood although most side effects are collected from testimonials rather than the medical community.
Countries with negative output gaps fall short of their potential GDP growth and tend to have subdued inflation, or even deflation.
R.'s in sight on "Cane," and the one Samuels with Alexis Carrington potential, Ellis, is played by a surprisingly subdued Polly Walker.
