Word: clamp
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Although there exists no problem or dispute in the bilateral field that should affect the traditionally friendly relations between Turkey and the U.S., these have been seriously disturbed in recent years by a decision to clamp an arms embargo on Turkey for reasons totally irrelevant to them. This has created, not only in Turkey but in all countries that are friends and allies of the U.S., doubts as to the reliability of American commitments. It would seem to us that the restoration of mutual confidence, which has prevailed for so long in the relations of the two countries...
Campaigning in last year's national election, Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau scorned his Conservative opponents for advocating "rigid and cumbersome" wage and price controls to slow inflation. Last week, in a Nixon-like about-face, Trudeau announced that he will clamp selective controls on the Canadian economy. In a 20-minute nationwide radio and television address, he called for an 8% ceiling on wage increases and a freeze on nearly all prices-they will be permitted to rise only enough to cover increased production costs. To enforce these restraints, an 18-member review board will...
...citizens, it pruned its list of potentially violent Americans from 47,000 to the present 38,000. Some agents are said to be skittish of placing a suspect under surveillance, fearing the repercussions of being overzealous. At the same time, however, the Service is now being urged to clamp a tighter aegis over the President. "With criticism coming from both sides," Director Knight asked recently, "how are we to know where to strike the proper balance...
Although the government has sought to exhibit an air of calm about recent events in Portugal, there is no question that it is extremely concerned about the centrifugal pull the Portuguese revolution could have on Spain. The regime's response has been to clamp down even more. Says one leading Socialist: "The Old Guard is praying desperately that the Portuguese revolution will fail. Although the government is saying nothing, we know many of its members are secretly delighted that Portugal seems to be moving to a military dictatorship of the left. This is bad news...
...police were not amused. In an effort to make a clean sweep of the cluttered airways, 1,000 amateur Donetsk broadcasters-called "organ grinders" by the police-were arrested and fined 50 rubles ($69) for "violating rules governing the use of radio frequencies." There have been similar efforts to clamp down on underground broadcasts in other major cities...