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Chasse-neige took him to his technical limits but was breathtaking in its reined-in tension.

Nikolai Lugansky – review 2011

But even with Dustin Hoffman headlining the impeccable ensemble, as an ex-con murkily plotting his comeback from a plush hotel suite, the plot is as stubbornly slow-burning as Hoffman's sharply reined-in performance and ultimately far less inspired.

Weekend TV in Review: Good Wife, Luck, Spartacus, Hallmark's Moon 2012

Perhaps a correlation exists between Romney's reined-in debate performances and his inability to rise in the polls.

Alan Schroeder: The Commander-in-Chief Debate Alan Schroeder 2011

With pianist Malcolm Martineau, he gives a notably unnerving performance of what Schubert called his "cycle of terrifying songs," which is often all the more powerful for being so admirably reined-in.

Schubert: Winterreise – review 2011

Clearly these dilettante enterprises must be reined-in and accounted for under the same oversight umbrella as everyone else.

Stuart Whatley: The Double-Standardization Of Double Standards 2009

The cuts in inventories, as well as reined-in expenses, are helping some retailers bolster profit margins.

Reluctant Shoppers Hold Back Recovery 2009

Pay cuts are likely to wash across Wall Street no matter what happens in Washington, given the rocky financial markets and reined-in risk-taking at many firms.

It's Wait-and-See Over Pay Overhaul; Some Open, Others See Overstepping 2009

Clearly the wine's name is auspicious for my purposes, as was its reined-in alcohol level of 12%.

Molly Laas: Toast the dregs of summer with hot-weather reds 2008

But Bishop is in a mental institution, and only his son Peter (Joshua Jackson) can get him out, and keep dad's crazies reined-in long enough to help Dunham figure out how to save her partner.

‘Blood’, Money and Death 2008

Independent aviation consultant Mike Boyd saw the logic for the reined-in growth plan.

JetBlue Puts The Brakes On Expansion 2008