Behaviors like excessive criticism, discounting the positives and focusing on the negative aspects of the situation, passive aggressive behaviors, blaming others, and worrying about the future, instead of enjoying life, can often be signs of withholding anger.
My friend Dennis Minsky, a naturalist here on the Cape, and a usually phlegmatic, measured man, couldn't withhold his anger.
In this regard, librarians are true civil servants, obligated to remain calm under fire and withhold their anger, disgust and side-splitting laughter until they are behind closed doors.
The Fox contract requires the approval of baseball's commissioner, Bud Selig, who has so far withheld it, angering Frank McCourt.
But some stalwart party donors are vowing to withhold funds because of their anger over the tax-cut deal.
Now, banks like JPMorgan are directing their anger toward Warren, threatening to withhold campaign donations to her fellow Senate Democrats in protest of her advocacy for Wall Street accountability and greater oversight and regulation of financial services institutions.
The Bush administration continued to withhold about $5 million in additional military aid, angered by Colombia's refusal to sign an agreement that would exempt all Americans in that country from being turned over for prosecution by the International Criminal Court.
Conversely, ritual omission or blasphemy angers the animals, who then withhold themselves.
Many Israelis withhold full-throated support, in part from fear of angering the Americans, and the rest of the world, which condemn the building as illegal or worse.
