Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Russians, who have grown increasingly impatient at the refusal of the Czechoslovak government to curb entirely its people's liberty, decided that the time had come to crack down. Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semenov flew to Prague with orders to stamp out Czechoslovak defiance. A more ominous visitor was Marshal Andrei Grechko, the Soviet Defense Minister, whose presence in Prague underscored Soviet readiness to use force if necessary to keep Czechoslovakia in line. At a meeting in Prague's historic Hradčany Castle, the Soviet visitors demanded a pledge from the Czechoslovak government that there would...
BANKING. Even more vigorously than Johnson, Nixon and his aides are campaigning against one-bank holding companies, which the bankers set up to diversify into other businesses. The Administration considers the bank-holding-company trend to be a significant danger and is moving toward legislation to curb...
...tariff protectionists. The U.S., however, has pressured Europe's Common Market and Japan to impose "voluntary" quotas on steel exports, and Nixon has made clear that he favors similar quotas for textiles. Another threat to free trade comes from home builders and lumbermen, who want the U.S. to curb timber exports to Japan. Partly because of high Japanese demand for U.S. lumber, domestic prices have risen by nearly 100% in the past year, increasing the average cost of a new house...
...jurisdiction over weapons procurement, issued a formal call for delay in Sentinel's deployment. One of the committee's main arguments is that the ABM program contravenes the intent of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty just at a time when Moscow at last seems genuinely interested in exploring ways to curb the arms race. The ABM dispute may also provide the first major confrontation between Richard Nixon and his possible 1972 opponent, Senate Majority Whip Edward Kennedy, who has become a leader of the anti-Sentinel faction and is sponsoring preparation of an exhaustive anti-ABM report...
Close-Order Rituals. Hannum's point is apparently lost on many critics, who see no disparity in arguing against ROTC while arguing for a volunteer army. Such an army might well need a larger supply of ROTC officers, even if only to curb the growth of a real U.S. officer caste. Meanwhile, wherever ROTC is made extracurricular, the almost certain result will be diminished enrollment. Ultimately, the military might have to turn elsewhere for officers...