Word: clamp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hindsight, because it slows down transplant technology. However, this slowdown could actually limit the possibility of resolving the competition by removing the constraints--by developing the technology so that organs are plentiful, and the operation is cheaper. By legislating organ transplants out of its funding, the state would clamp down on the free development of the technology that makes those transplants possible...
...bailout by exaggerating the number of banks that would have fallen in a domino effect if Continental had been allowed to fail. As a result of congressional pressure to avoid such rescues, bankers believe First Chicago, because of its fundamental soundness, presented an opportunity for the Comptroller to clamp down without causing a widespread scare...
...arrangement announced last week by Grinspun at the joint annual meeting of the World Bank and the IMF, Argentina pledged to clamp down on its money supply and credit, push up interest rates (currently 15.5% for deposits) in order to encourage savings, slow inflation, and stem the outflow of money from the country. Argentina also said it would try to chop the deficit in the biggest areas of public-sector spending from its level of 11.4% of gross domestic product in 1983, to 8.1% this year and down to 5.4% in 1985. In addition, Argentina indicated that it will take...
...effort to clamp down on arms smuggling, the Israeli army has further restricted access to and from the south. Travelers heading in either direction must first obtain permits from an Israeli office in the south. Beirutis wishing to visit the occupied area must ask relatives or friends living in the south to obtain the documents for them. The rules sometimes discriminate: Muslims are forced to travel through the mobbed Batir checkpoint, whereas Christians can take a ferry from Jiyah, north of Sidon, to East Beirut. What used to be a 40-minute taxi ride between Beirut and Sidon...
...round-trip ticket to Hawaii for $100. Brokers like McLarty generally attract buyers and sellers through classified ads and then match them according to destination. Coupon selling is technically legal, but airlines differ in their attitude toward it. While American Airlines strictly forbids trading and Eastern plans to clamp down on the practice, Delta generally looks the other...