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...workplace and from state institutions. His decree was aimed like an ax at the very roots of communist power: the dense tangle of party cells in factories and businesses that have functioned alongside state agencies as a shadow system of administration. This party bureaucracy has been a major brake on radical economic reforms...
...home to the American public the gravity of warfare. When youths from Harvard Square join those from Central Square in dying, so the argument goes, the American public will wake up and start thinking seriously about whether this war is worth fighting. The draft, therefore, will serve as a brake against the rush into battle...
...Once inside, his wheelchair locks into place and becomes the driver's seat. His right hand operates a horizontal steering wheel that takes almost no effort to turn; his left hand rests on a lever that activates a vacuum pump that in turn operates both the gas and brake controls. When the lever is pushed toward the window, the van accelerates; when it is pushed toward the center of the vehicle, the van brakes...
...London markets, considered plans to shut down temporarily, as they did at the start of World War I and the end of World War II. Instead, they enacted emergency rules to limit wide market gyrations. Rather than prevent a crash, the so-called circuit breakers acted mainly to brake the wild upward surges...
...examples: Harrison Radiator, Packard Electric, Inland Fisher Guide) were captives, there was traditionally no incentive for them to offer competitive prices. GM now insists that its parts makers stand on their own, which has done wonders. The Delco Maraine division has cut 70% from the cost of manufacturing antilock brake systems...