Word: crimping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Government research grants now total $4.5 billion a year, in the case of some universities, up to 40% of the total operating budget. The audit crackdown is likely to put a serious crimp in the already strained relationship between academia and the federal bureaucracy...
...problems of Resorts stand to hurt other gaming companies that are planning to open casinos in Atlantic City. Applicants will now get especially close and careful scrutiny, and many openings will be delayed. This may well put a temporary crimp in the earnings and stock prices of such companies as Bally, Caesars World and Golden Nugget. As for Resorts, the betting on the Boardwalk is that the commission will vote as it has in the past: 4 to 1 in favor of a license...
Just now, she is worrying over material for a new album. Touring has put a crimp infer her writing and, along with the highs of audience enthusiasm, Bonoff also experienced some of the rigors of road life. "All this," she comments, "was a lot more fun before it became a career." In Miami, hotel maids made off with her jewelry, and Bonoff, in unusual dudgeon, sought reprisal in classic rock-'n'-roll style: trashing the hotel room. "I started throwing stuff all around," she recalls, "but nothing broke. It was all made of plastic. I just gave...
...recent weeks Congress has grown uneasy about the size of the deficit, but instead of acting to limit spending, a movement is gaining ground to reduce or delay the $25 billion tax cut that Carter plans for October. Doing that might crimp the growth of the economy. It would be far better to reduce spending and use part of the savings to cut taxes...
...same time, West Germany has built up a giant $16.7 billion trade surplus that has left the deutsche mark vulnerable to revaluation on the world's money markets. Indeed, because of the recent slide of the dollar, the increased value of the mark is beginning to crimp the country's exports. If West German consumers could be encouraged to spend more and if industry would increase its capital investments, the process might be reversed. But expanding the country's economy is not easy. Consumer markets are already highly-developed, and West Germany's thrifty burghers have...