Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Joseph Laniel's first try at national economizing was a cut in the government's huge pension payments. Result: a chain explosion of crippling strikes that threw him into retreat. Last week Laniel tried a couple of other, less risky approaches-a fiat lowering prices and a crackdown on France's multitude of tax evaders...
...police have been conducting an intensive crackdown in recent weeks. McCarthy explained, "If they don't keep out of restricted streets now, we'll run into a lot of trouble...
Emphasis on observance of Library rules two years ago reduced the numbers of books missing that year, but last year's increase caused the new crackdown, and announcement of penalties which can be awarded for such infringement...
...first step in the economy crackdown, 60 or more of Loew's executives in New York, Hollywood and overseas will take "voluntary" salary cuts of from 25% to 50% on income over $1,000 a week. Unlike 20th Century-Fox, which last year lopped up to 50% off the pay of its high-bracket personnel (but later restored most of it), M-G-M will not cut the pay of writers or directors. But Schenck left no doubt that the days of big-budget, spare-no-expense pictures were over. Best estimate of the total cutbacks: $10 million...
Last week's crash also precipitated action against the nation's other 51 non-sked operators. Washington drastically tightened up their operating regulations, e.g., tougher pilot qualifications, better maintenance. In view of the fact that the non-skeds carried 586,952 passengers in 1951 alone, the crackdown was plainly long overdue...